About Thomas Hookham
Lived 1739 – 1819 (aged 79–80). Thomas Hookham was a bookseller.
Thomas Hookham (c.1739–1819) was a bookseller and publisher in London in the 18th–19th centuries. He issued works by Charlotte de Bournon, John Hassell, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret, Ann Radcliffe, established in 1764 and by the 1800s one of "the two largest in London." The library continued on Bond Street until it was acquired by Mudie's ca.1871. In addition, about 1794 he opened the Literary Assembly subscription reading rooms stocked with periodicals and reference books. A third generation, Thomas Hookham and Henry Hookham, continued in the business into the mid 19th century.
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British publisher, bookseller (ca.1739-1819)
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Thomas Hookham was born in 1739.
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Thomas Hookham died in 1819.
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Thomas Hookham was a bookseller.
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