George Woodfall (fl. 17421771)

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Occupations

  • Bookseller

George Woodfall, printer, bookseller, stationer, and pamphlet seller (1748–71); at the King's Arms in Charing Cross; at the Corner of Craig's Court in Charing Cross (1760); at 6 no. Silver Street in Whitefriars (1771). Son of Henry Woodfall !.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, by Henry Plomer et al. (1932)

WOODFALL (GEORGE), bookseller in London, (1) Charing Cross, at the King's Arms; (2) corner of Craig's Court, 1760; (3) no. 6 Silver Street in Whitefriar's, 1771. 1748–71. Son of Henry Woodfall. Dealer in pamphlets between 1748 and 1771. There was another of the same name, son of Henry Sampson Woodfall, but he was not born until 1767.

Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)

WOODFALL, GEORGE. Of Charing Cross. He was brother of the above [Henry Woodfall II], and was in business as a bookseller by 1750.

—Frederick T. Wood, 24 October 1931

 

WOODFALL, GEORGE. His full address was at the King's Arms, Charing Cross. He was advertising in the London Evening Post as early as 1747.

—Ambrose Heal, 19 December 1931