John Sotheby

(1740-1807)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sotheby, John, d. 1807 DNB: Sotheby, John (1740–1807) auctioneer and book collector LBT ID: JoSothe1807 VIAF ID: 17188087 LOC ID: nr2007004070	B/BAP: 1740 DIED: 1807-11-11
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of John Sotheby (1703–1775); a London bookseller, he was one of the founders of the auctioneering firm.
REFERENCES TO John Sotheby: Robert Southey to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 14 March 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. X. 1804