John Whishaw

(1764 c.-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840 LBT ID: JoWhish1840 VIAF ID: 76222525 LOC ID: nr97022331	B/BAP: 1764 DIED: 1840-12-21
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1841) 206-08; DNB ["Holland House Set"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Barrister, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; he was Secretary to the African Association and biographer of Mungo Park. His correspondence was published as The “Pope” of Holland House in 1906.
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY John Whishaw: “An Account of the Life of Mr. Park” in The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805. Found 7. Display Records “Some Account of the late Smithson Tennant, Esq.” in Annals of Philosophy. Found 2. Display Records