William Reader

(1782-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Reader, William, 1782-1852 NRA: Reader William (1782-1852) Topographer DNB: Reader, William (1782-1852), newspaper proprietor and topographer LBT ID: WiReade1852 VIAF ID: 1563669 LOC ID: n88138807	B/BAP: 1782-12-28 DIED: 1852-10-03
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English journalist and antiquary; he owned the Coventry Mercury, contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine, and published The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry (1810).
REFERENCES TO William Reader: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 22