Details for: WRIGHT, John

Name: WRIGHT, John County: London Town: London Address(es): 169 Piccadilly. 5 Panton Sq, Piccadilly Book Trades: Bookseller Non-Book Trade: Not known Trading Dates: 1797 - 1844 (date of death) Biographical Dates: 1770 (date of birth) - 1844 (date of death) Notes: Apprenticed to uncle J Roper, silk merchant. Sold Cobby's Directory. Bankrupt 1804 Sources: Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977) Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984) Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982) Cobby, Edward, Brighthelmstone Directory, 1799 & 1800

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