Adam Stark (1784–1867) was a printer, bookseller and antiquary, who worked for most of his life in Gainsborough. [1] His father was probably the notable Edinburgh architect William Stark. [2]
Stark was born in Edinburgh on 24 February 1784. In 1804, in partnership with his cousin, John Stark, he became a printer, but the partnership was dissolved in 1810. In conjunction with J. Richardson he published the Hull and Lincoln Chronicle for some time; it afterwards was known as the Lincoln and Hull Chronicle. [3] By 1810 he had moved to Lincoln when he published his The History of Lincoln [4]
In 1810 he became a bookseller at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and continued that business until his retirement in 1844. [3]
He died at Gainsborough on 31 December 1867, having married, first, Ann Trotter of Lincoln; secondly, Harriet, daughter of Henry Mozley of Gainsborough, and sister of Anne Mozley, James Bowling Mozley, and of Thomas Mozley; and, thirdly, Sarah Wooton of Newington, Kent. [3]
Stark was the author of:
sources: [The Travellers' Library, No. 82 in vol. xxv.; Gent. Mag. 1868, ii. 250.]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Boase, George Clement (1898). "
Stark, Adam". In
Lee, Sidney (ed.).
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 106.
Adam Stark (1784–1867) was a printer, bookseller and antiquary, who worked for most of his life in Gainsborough. [1] His father was probably the notable Edinburgh architect William Stark. [2]
Stark was born in Edinburgh on 24 February 1784. In 1804, in partnership with his cousin, John Stark, he became a printer, but the partnership was dissolved in 1810. In conjunction with J. Richardson he published the Hull and Lincoln Chronicle for some time; it afterwards was known as the Lincoln and Hull Chronicle. [3] By 1810 he had moved to Lincoln when he published his The History of Lincoln [4]
In 1810 he became a bookseller at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and continued that business until his retirement in 1844. [3]
He died at Gainsborough on 31 December 1867, having married, first, Ann Trotter of Lincoln; secondly, Harriet, daughter of Henry Mozley of Gainsborough, and sister of Anne Mozley, James Bowling Mozley, and of Thomas Mozley; and, thirdly, Sarah Wooton of Newington, Kent. [3]
Stark was the author of:
sources: [The Travellers' Library, No. 82 in vol. xxv.; Gent. Mag. 1868, ii. 250.]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Boase, George Clement (1898). "
Stark, Adam". In
Lee, Sidney (ed.).
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 106.