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John Dicks.
London publisher of popular, affordably priced fiction and drama (1818–1881)
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About John Dicks
John Thomas Dicks (1818–1881) was a publisher in London in the 19th century. He issued popular, affordably priced fiction and drama, such as "shilling Shakespeares and wonderfully cheap reprints of Scott and other standard authors." Earlier in his career he worked with Peter Perring Thoms and George W. M. Reynolds. Employees included illustrator Frederick Gilbert. Readers included Thomas Burt and Havelock Ellis. Dicks retired in the 1870s, when his sons took over the firm which continued into the 1960s.
Everything about John Dicks →- Occupation
- businessperson, publisher
- Born
- 1818
- Died
- 1881