John Francis

(1811-1882)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Francis, John, 1811-1882 DNB: Francis, John (1811–1882), publisher LBT ID: JoFranc1882 VIAF ID: 27439740 LOC ID: n84186727	B/BAP: 1811-07-18 DIED: 1882-04-06
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He was from 1831 the publisher and business agent for the Athenaeum, and with Sir Rowland Hill a supporter of the Sunday School movement.
REFERENCES TO John Francis: Countess of Blessington to Peter George Patmore, [10 September 1833?] in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) Found 1: ¶ 1 Peter George Patmore, My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854) Lady Blessington IV