About Philip Luckombe
Lived 1730 – 1803 (aged 72–73). Philip Luckombe was a British printer and writer.
Philip Luckombe (baptised 1730 – died 1803) was an English printer and author.
Life He was born at Exeter, the son of John Luckombe, a tailor. He worked as a printer there, and then moved to London, where he was employed as a writer.
The editor of dictionaries and encyclopædias, Luckombe also wrote books on printing, and made a study of conchology. His collection of shells was considerable, and his learning brought him the acquaintance of Thomas Percy. The Traveller's Companion, or a New Itinerary of England and Wales, 1789. England's Gazetteer, 3 vols. 1790. The Tablet of Memory, 8th edit. 1792.
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