Charles Mitchell

(1807-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Mitchell, Charles (1807–1859), advertising agent and publisher of the first British press directory LBT ID: ChMitch1859 VIAF ID: 9837358	B/BAP: 1807-03-22 DIED: 1859-02-08
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
English publisher who founded the Newspaper Press Directory in 1846 and was one of the instigators of Punch; he was an associate of Charles Dickens and Mark Lemon.
REFERENCES TO Charles Mitchell: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VIII Found 1: ¶ 3