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Adam Stark (1784–1867) was a printer, bookseller and antiquary, who worked for most of his life in Gainsborough. His father was probably the notable Edinburgh architect William Stark.

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Life

Stark born in on 24 February 1784. In 1804, in connection with his cousin, John Stark, he became a printer, but the partnership was dissolved in 1810. In conjunction with J. Richardson he published the Hull and Lincoln Chronicle for some time; it afterwards was known as the Lincoln and Hull Chronicle. . By 1810 he had moved to Lincoln when he published his The History of Lincoln’’

In 1810 he became a bookseller at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and continued that business until his retirement in 1844.

He died at Gainsborough on 31 Dec. 1867, having married, first, Ann Trotter of Lincoln; secondly, Harriet, daughter of Henry Mozley of Gainsborough, and sister of Anne Mozley, James Bowling Mozley, and of Thomas Mozley; and, thirdly, Sarah Wooton of Newington, Kent.

Works

Stark was the author of:

  • The History and Antiquities of Gainsborough, with a Topographical and Descriptive Account of Stow, 1817; another edit. 1841.
  • An Account of the Parish of Lea, Lincolnshire, 1841.
  • The Visitors' Pocket Guide to Gainsborough and its Neighbourhood, 1849.
  • History of the Bishopric of Lincoln, 1852.
  • Printing: its Antecedents, Origin, History, and Results, 1855.
  • Further Information

  • English J.S. (1992), Adam Stark, Charles Moor, and Other Historians of Gainsborough in Sturman C. (ed) Some Historians of Lincolnshire, Occasional Papers in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, No 9. pp82–87.
  • Attribution

     Boase, George Clement (1898). "Stark, Adam". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 106. 

    References

    Adam Stark Wikipedia