John Whitaker

(1735-1808)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whitaker, John, 1735-1808 NRA: Whitaker John (1735-1808) Historian of Manchester DNB: Whitaker, John (1735-1808), historian LBT ID: JoWhita1808 VIAF ID: 72581583 LOC ID: n85067493	B/BAP: 1735-04-27 DIED: 1808-10-30
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Historian, poet, reviewer, Tory clergyman and friend of Richard Polwhele; he was author of The History of Manchester (1771), 4 vols (1773).
REFERENCES TO John Whitaker: Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 14 March 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XV. 1809 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter III. Found 1: ¶ 9 Chapter V. Found 1: ¶ 42 Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 45 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter I. Found 8: ¶ 23 ¶ 27 ¶ 28 ¶ 30 ¶ 31 ¶ 50 ¶ 59 ¶ 71