William Russell

(1746-1793)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Russell, William, 1741-1793 DNB: Russell, William (1746-1793), historian LBT ID: WiRusse1793 VIAF ID: 70390606 LOC ID: n85351517	B/BAP: 1746 DIED: 1793-12-25
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Scottish man of letters who once worked in London as a corrector to the press for Strahan; his History of Modern Europe, 5 vols (1786) was often reprinted.
REFERENCES TO William Russell: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 36