Jacob Kirkman

(1710-1792)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Kirkman [Kirckman, Kirchmann], Jacob (1710-1792), harpsichord maker LBT ID: JaKirkm1792 VIAF ID: 96199616	B/BAP: 1710-03-04 DIED: 1792-05
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Founder of the Kirkman family, makers of harpsichords and pianos; he was born near Strasbourg and worked in London from 1730.
REFERENCES TO Jacob Kirkman: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 98