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See also:RIVINGTON, See also:CHARLES (1688-1742) , See also:British publisher, was See also:born at See also:Chesterfield, See also:Derbyshire, in 1688. Coming to See also:London as apprentice to a bookseller, he took over in 1711 the See also:publishing business of See also:Richard Chiswell (1639-1711), and, at the sign of the See also:Bible and the See also:Crown in Paternoster See also:Row, he carried on a business almost entirely connected with theological and educational literature. He also published one of See also:Whitefield's earliest See also:works, and brought out an edition of the See also:Imitation of See also:Christ. In 1736 Rivington founded the See also:company of See also:book-sellers who called themselves the " New Conger," in rivalry with the older association, the " Conger," dating from about 1700. In 1741 he published the first See also:volume of See also:Richardson's Pamela. Charles Rivington died on the 22nd of See also:February 1742, and was succeeded by his two sons, See also:John (172o-1792) and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (1724-1802). James emigrated to See also:America, and pursued his See also:trade in New See also:York (see See also:NEWSPAPERS, U.S.A.); John carried on the business on the lines marked out by his See also:father, and was the See also:great See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England publisher of the See also:day. In 176o he was appointed publisher to the Society for Promotin8 See also:Christian Knowledge, and the See also:firm retained the agency for over seventy years. Having admitted his sons See also:Francis (1745-1822) and Charles (1754-1831) into See also:partnership he undertook for the " New Conger " Association the issue of a See also:standard edition of the works of See also:Shakespeare, See also:Milton, See also:Locke and other British See also:classics; also See also:Cruden's See also:Concordance. John Rivington died on the 16th of See also:January 1792. In 1810 John (1779-1841), the eldest son of Francis, was admitted a partner. In 1827 See also:George (18o1-x858) and Francis (18o5-1885),'sons of Charles Rivington, joined the firm. Rivington contracted further ties with the High Church party by the publication (1833, &c.) of Tracts for the Times. John Rivington died on the 21st of See also:November 184', his son, John Rivington (1812-1886) having been admitted a partner in 1836. George Riving-ton died in 1858; and in 1859 Francis Rivington retired, leaving the conduct of affairs in the hands of John Rivington and his own sons, Francis See also:Hansard (b. 1834) and Septimus (b. 1846). In 1890 the business was sold to Messrs See also:Longmans (q.v.). A business of the same See also:character was, however, carried on from 1889 to 1893 by Mr Septimus Rivington and Mr John See also:Guthrie See also:Percival, as Percival & Co. This was changed in 1893 to Rivington, Percival & Co.; and in 1897 the firm revived its earlier See also:title of Rivington & Co., maintaining its reputation for educational works and its connexion with the Moderate and High Church party.
See The See also:House of Rivington, by Septimus Rivington (1894); also the Publishers' Circular (15th January 1885, 2nd See also:June 189o).
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