John Crockford was an English book publisher in the Mid-19th Century.
Biography
He was born in
Taunton
Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...
about 1823.
By his early twenties he was a printer and publisher in London. He had a long association with
Edward William Cox
Edward William Cox known as Serjeant Cox (1809–1879) was an English lawyer and legal writer, who was also a successful publisher. He has been described as "the greatest entrepreneur of 'class' journalism".
Early life
Cox was born in Taunton, ...
with whom he founded
The Critic
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,
The Field and
The Clerical Directory.
He died on 13 January 1865 and was buried on the western side of
Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East Cemeteries. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there as ...
. His grave (no.13659) no longer has a headstone or any marker.
His obituary in
The Era newspaper noted
“He possessed great activity, much intelligence, a kindly nature; and will be sorely missed”[Death of Mr John Crockford The Era (London, England), Sunday, January 15, 1865; Issue 1373]
References
People from Taunton
Publishers (people) from London
Year of birth unknown
1865 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
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