About John Bew
Lived 1774 – 1793 (aged 18–19). John Bew was a bookseller, publisher, writer and journalist.
John Bew (fl. 1774 – 12 April 1793) was a bookseller, stationer, printer and publisher at 28–29 Paternoster Row in London. He was the publisher of The Political Magazine from 1780 to March 1785, when it was taken over by John Murray. The Political Magazine was a journal written for an audience of informed gentlemen, and often included supplementary maps engraved by John Lodge. Bew eventually went bankrupt on 27 November 1790.
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Who was John Bew?
British publisher and bookseller
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John Bew was born in 1774.
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John Bew died on 12 April 1793.
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John Bew was a bookseller, publisher, writer and journalist.
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