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John Newbery (9 July 1713 – 22 December 1767), considered "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. [1]
August 5, 1761 [1]) was an English publisher and bookseller based in London who flourished between 1743 and 1761. [2] With Thomas Boreman, she is the earliest publisher of children's books in English, predating John Newbery. [3] Cooper's business was on Paternoster Row. [1]
The anonymous story was published in London by the John Newbery company, a publisher of popular children's literature. [4] In his introduction to an 1881 edition of the book, [5] Charles Welsh wrote: Goody Two-Shoes was published in April 1765, and few nursery books have had a wider circulation, or have retained their position so long. The ...
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Its founder, John Newbery, son of a farmer in Berkshire, took an apprenticeship with William Carnan in Reading, inheriting the business after his mentor's death. He moved to London in 1743, setting up a shop called the Bible and Sun at 65 St. Paul's Churchyard, from where he published religious and children's books and The Public Ledger. [1]
March – Robert Dodsley advertises in the London Evening Post his plans to publish rare 16th and 17th-century plays so as to avoid them being lost. [1]July 5 – A benefit performance for the elderly acting couple Henry and Elizabeth Wetherilt is held at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.
Born on 6 July 1743, he was the son of John Newbery, the publisher of St. Paul's Churchyard; alone of his brothers, he survived his father.After schooling at Ramsgate and Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, he entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1758 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 1 April 1762.
In England, publisher Thomas Boreman released illustrated miniature books entitled Gigantick Histories (1740–1743). Notable English illustrated books for children from that period were published by John Newbery (A Little Pretty Pocket-Book from 1744 and The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes from 1765).
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