Adam Stark
English printer, bookseller and antiquary
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Adam Stark (1784–1867) was a printer, bookseller and antiquary, who worked for most of his life in Gainsborough.[1] His father was probably the notable Edinburgh architect William Stark.[2]
Life
Stark was born in Edinburgh on 24 February 1784. In 1804, in partnership 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.[3] By 1810 he had moved to Lincoln when he published his The History of Lincoln[4]
In 1810 he became a bookseller at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and continued that business until his retirement in 1844.[3]
He died at Gainsborough on 31 December 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.[3]
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.[5]
