Educated at Magdalen Hall and Lincoln College, Oxford, he was statistician and clerk to the House of Commons and an early friend of Charles Lamb and Robert Southey.

CORRESPONDENCE OF John Rickman:

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 9 January 1800 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickmon, 22 August 1800 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, October 1800 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, [November? 1801] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 November 1801 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, 10 April 1802 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 30 January 1803 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, 16 July 1803 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 18 November 1803 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 23 December 1803 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, 25 January 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 January 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, March 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 30 March 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 6 June 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 16 February 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 22 March 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, July 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 15 January 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 11 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 15 March 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 13 October 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 23 December 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 27 May 1807 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, [late summer 1807?] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 November 1808 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 21 January 1810 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 25 January 1811 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 February 1811 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 18 May 1812 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, March 1813 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 17 December 1813 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 23 March 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 16 June 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 10 July 1815 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 2 October 1815 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 25 August 1816 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 9 September 1816 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 September 1816 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 2 October 1816 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 November 1816 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 5 April 1818 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 11 April 1818 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 11 December 1818 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 1 January 1819 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 28 January 1820 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 1 March 1820 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 13 May 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 10 October 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 9 November 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 26 April 1826 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 23 April 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 30 June 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 15 August 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Henry Taylor, 13 September 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 18 September 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, 3 October 1828 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 9 July 1829 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 5 January 1830 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 16 February 1830 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 8 June 1830 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 11 September 1830 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 14 October 1831 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 19 August 1832 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 7 December 1836 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, October 1838 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)