Niles, Hezekiah, 1777-1839

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Name (Latin)
Niles, Hezekiah, 1777-1839
Other forms of name
Niles, H. (Hezekiah), 1777-1839
Date of birth
1777-10-10
Date of death
1839-04-02
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Booksellers and bookselling
Journalism
Newspapers
Printing
Publishers and publishing
Occupation
Journalists
Printers
Quakers
Publishers and publishing
Booksellers and bookselling
Editors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 11162728
Wikidata: Q5750023
Library of congress: n 81028372
Sources of Information
  • Maro, M. The exile to St. Helena, 1816:t.p. verso (Mr. H. Niles, editor of the Weekly register, Baltimore)
  • War of 1812 : writings from America's second War of Independence, 2013:page 777 (Hezekiah Niles, born Jefferis Ford (East Bradford) in Chester County, Pa., October 10, 1777; son of Hezekiah and May (Way) Niles, Quakers who had just fled British occupied Wilmington, Del.; apprentice to Philadelphia printer and bookseller Benjamin Johnson 1794-1798; opened printing business in Wilmington, Delaware with Vincent Bonsal; after partnership with Bonsal ended, he published literary magazines and newspapers; died in Wilmington, Del., April 2, 1839)
  • Marquis who's who WWW site, Aug. 30, 2010(Hezekiah Niles; b. Oct. 10, 1777, Jefferis' Ford, Pa., d. Apr. 2, 1839, Wilmington; editor and publisher of Niles' weekly register)