About John Bancks
Lived 1709 – 1751 (aged 41–42). John Bancks was a British biographer, poet and bookseller.
John Bancks (1709 – 19 April 1751), also known as John Banks, was an English writer.
Bancks was born in Sonning, Berkshire, and became apprenticed to a weaver in Reading. He suffered an accident, and left the apprenticeship before completion, becoming a bookseller in Spitalfields. He wrote poetry and biography, including works on the lives of Jesus, Oliver Cromwell and William III.
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Who was John Bancks?
English writer
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John Bancks was born in 1709.
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John Bancks died on 19 April 1751.
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John Bancks was a biographer, poet and bookseller.
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John Bancks was British.
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