Matthew Henry Barker [The Old Sailor]

(1790-1846)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Old Sailor, 1790-1846 DNB: Barker, Matthew Henry [pseud. the Old Sailor] (1790-1846), sailor and writer LBT ID: MaBarke1846 VIAF ID: 13924379 LOC ID: n90605336	B/BAP: 1790 DIED: 1846-06-29
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Sailor and newspaper editor who contributed to the Literary Gazette, Pictorial Times, and Bentley's Miscellany; he published Land and Sea Tales (1836) and other works.
REFERENCES TO Matthew Henry Barker [The Old Sailor]: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 31 Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 9