Evans, John

County:

London

Town:

London

Address(es):

Long La, Smithfield. 28 St John's Sq, Clerkenwell. 1 Black Horse Ct, Fleet St. 27 Leadenhall St &c

Book Trade(s):

Printer, Print seller

Non-Book Trade(s):

pharmacist/druggist/chemist/patent medicine seller

Trading Dates:

1791 – 1856

Biographical Dates:

1791 (or earlier) – 1856 (or later)

Notes:

Trading alone (1791-5); as Howard & Evans (1800-11); as Evans & Ruffy (1801-4); as John Evans & Son (1813-20); as Evans & Co (1821-8); as John Ed Evans (1829-56). Part Charles Evans (1821-8).

  Abbreviations

Sources:

Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982)

Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)

Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)