William Felkin

(1795-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Felkin, William (1795–1874), manufacturer and historian of the lace and hosiery industries LBT ID: WiFelki1874 VIAF ID: 208212740	B/BAP: 1795-04-21 DIED: 1874-09-26
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Nottingham manufacturer and social reformer who published History of the Machine-Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures (1867)
REFERENCES TO William Felkin: 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 V Found 1: ¶ 5