John Clarke Platt

(1851 fl.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Platt, J. C. LBT ID: JoPlatt1851 VIAF ID: 6500243 LOC ID: n88256956
SOURCES: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life (1864-65) 2:193; British Book Trade Index (web); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Sheffield bookseller and editor of the Sheffield Courant; he published History of the Corn Laws (1842).
REFERENCES TO John Clarke Platt: 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 IX Found 1: ¶ 11 Chapter XIII Found 1: ¶ 2