Samuel Ayscough

(1745-1804)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804 NRA: Ayscough, Samuel (1745-1804) Librarian and Antiquary DNB: Ayscough, Samuel (1745–1804), librarian and antiquary LBT ID: SaAysco1804 VIAF ID: 44335116 LOC ID: n88007649	B/BAP: 1745-11-29 DIED: 1804-10-20
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English antiquary; after working for the bookseller John Rivington he became a cataloguer at the British Library. He compiled the collective indexes for the Monthly Review (1786) and Gentleman's Magazine (1789).
REFERENCES TO Samuel Ayscough: 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 XIV Found 1: ¶ 10