NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whitaker, John, 1735-1808 NRA: Whitaker John (1735-1808) Historian of Manchester DNB: Whitaker, John (1735-1808), historian LBT ID: JoWhita1808 VIAF ID: 72581583 LOC ID: n85067493 | B/BAP: 1735-04-27 DIED: 1808-10-30 |
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Historian, poet, reviewer, Tory clergyman and friend of Richard Polwhele; he was author
of The History of Manchester (1771), 4 vols (1773). | |