William Richardson (fl. 1761–1795)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 429

Occupations

  • Printer
  • Publisher

William Richardson, printer, publisher; in Castle Yard, Holborn, 1760; in Salisbury Court, 1761–1774; 12 Fleet Street, 1770–1774; 76 Fleet Street, 1770–1779; 403 Strand, 1779–1784.

Successor to his uncle Samuel Richardson. Partner of Samuel Clarke 1763–1768?; William Augustus Skynner 1779–1782. 

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)

RICHARDSON (W.), printer in London, 1701. Printed for Eben. Tracy an edition of Wits Academy, 1701. [Haz. II. 653.] 

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, by Henry Plomer et al. (1932)

RICHARDSON (WILLIAM), printer in London, Castle Yard, Holborn, 1760. 1701–88, see Dictionary, 1668–1725. Nephew of Samuel Richardson, printer and novelist. For a time he was in partnership with S. Clarke, a Quaker, who retired from business about 1768. William Richardson took over his uncle's business in 1761, having previously acted as its overseer. In 1764, W. Richardson and S. Clarke were the printers of Observations on Marriage for Dodsley. [Straus]. In 1765 then names were still found in the Gazeleer and Daily Advertiser, August 26th. William Richardson died at Dagenham in Essex in May, 1788. [Nichols, VI. 620, VIII. 506.]