Sarah Hodgson

Sarah Hodgson (bapt. 1760 – 10 September 1822) was an English printer and newspaper proprietor. Her parents started the Newcastle Chronicle and it was left to her. She is credited with reinvigorating her newspaper and her printing business in Newcastle upon Tyne. She published The Holy Bible in Arabic in 1811.

Life She was baptised in 1760. Her parents were the writer and grammarian Ann Fisher and the publisher Thomas Slack.

The Newcastle Chronicle was founded in 1764 as a weekly newspaper by her parents Thomas Slack and Ann Fisher. The paper was left to her in 1785. Her husband Solomon Hodgson sold the book printing part of the business to his brother-in-law. In 1800 her husband died and Hodgson committed herself to reestablishing ownership. She bought back the part of the business that had been sold and infused the business with new vigour.

Select Fables; With Cuts, Designed And Engraved By Thomas And John Bewick, And Others, Previous To The Year 1784: Together With A Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue Of The Works Of Messrs. Bewick. - Newcastle::