Edward Chapman

(1804-1880)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Chapman, Edward (1804–1880), bookseller and publisher LBT ID: EdChapm1880	B/BAP: 1804 DIED: 1880-02-20
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London publisher who in 1830 went into business with William Hall (d. 1847); they made their fortune publishing works by Dickens, beginning with The Pickwick Papers (1836).
REFERENCES TO Edward Chapman: 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 II Found 1: ¶ 12 Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 18