William A Scripps

William Armiger Scripps

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William Armiger Scripps was a notable English publisher. Mr Scripps was a good story teller, fond of a joke and a man of excellent business acumen. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1772/07/21 Grace Locke Scripps, wife of William Scripps, gives birth to a son, William Armiger Scripps, and in London, England. Born
1794/08/00 Mary Dixie of St Neets, Huntingdonshire, marries William Armiger Scripps. Groom
1801/02/00 William Armiger Scripps, a clerk of long standing at the London Daily Sun as a clerk, becomes publisher of the paper. Mr Scripps has use his income to payoff of shilling of is father's debts. Work
1802/00/00 About 1802, William A Scripps invest his earnings in a general newspaper agency at No 7 South Molton Street in London. Work Scripps Building South Molton Street, London
1820/00/00 William A Scripps quits the London Daily Sun as a clerk, to become publisher of the of The Literary Gazette. Mr Scripps will be affiliated with this literary magazine until his death. Work
1838/10/06 Mary Dixie Scripps dies at Earl's Court, near London. Mrs Scripps is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. Widow
1851/08/26 William Armiger Scripps dies at home, aged 79, St Catherines Hall, Niton, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, England. Died St Catherine's Hall Niton and Whitwell
1851/08/29 At some point, William Armiger Scripps is buried beside his wife in Kensall Green Cemetary, London, England. In Memoriam Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensington Kensal Green, London
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