William Richards

(1749-1818)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Richards, William, 1749-1818 DNB: Richards, William (1749–1818), General Baptist minister and historian LBT ID: WiRicha1818 VIAF ID: 2161897 LOC ID: no2003085597	B/BAP: 1749 DIED: 1818-09-13
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Born in Wales, he was a self-educated Baptist minister in King's Lynn, Norfolk, author of The History of Lynn, 2 vols (1812).
REFERENCES TO William Richards: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. II. 1752-1761 Found 1: ¶ n1