John Major

(1782-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Major, John, 1782-1849 DNB: Major, John (1782–1849), bookseller and publisher LBT ID: JoMajor1849 VIAF ID: 56515496 LOC ID: nr97015816	B/BAP: 1782 DIED: 1849-01-09
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English bookseller, poet, and publisher of reprints of standard works. He contributed verse to John Bull.
REFERENCES TO John Major: Robert Southey to William Hone, 26 April 1830 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 2 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 VII Found 1: ¶ 15 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1828 Found 1: ¶ 1 Letters: 1830 Found 1: ¶ 1