William Darton

(1755-1819)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Darton, William, 1755-1819 DNB: Darton, William (1755–1819), publisher and writer LBT ID: WiDarto1819 VIAF ID: 9901488 LOC ID: n85008388	B/BAP: 1755-11-14 DIED: 1819-08-13
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Quaker bookseller who in 1791 formed a partnership with Joseph Harvey (d. 1841); they specialized in books for children.
REFERENCES TO William Darton: William Godwin to Mary Jane Godwin, 5 June 1806 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 5 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. VI. 1804-1806