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Bowles, John, 1701-1779

LC control no.n 50052208
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Personal name headingBowles, John, 1701-1779
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Variant(s)Bowles, John, firm, London
See alsoJohn Bowles & Son
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Birth date1701
Death date1779
Found inMaxted, I. The London book trades 1775-1800, 1977: p. 26 (Bowles, John, printseller; trading as John Bowles ca. 1724-54, 1764-79; as John Bowles and son 1754-64; b. 1701; d. 1779)
Tooley's dict. of mapmakers, 1999 (Bowles, John (c.1701-1779); younger son of Thomas I, apprenticed to his elder brother Thomas II in the Joiners' Company, set up on his own c.1723 as map and printseller, publisher 'over-against stocks market,' later trading from a variety of addresses in and around Cheapside and Cornhill in London; he frequently co-operated in publication with his brother; his son Carington Bowles joined him in partnership, 1752-1763)