William Bradford (printer)

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William Bradford was a pioneering colonial American printer and publisher who helped establish the early printing industry in British North America.

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instanceOf colonial American printer
person
printer
publisher
activeYearsEnd 1740s
activeYearsStart 1680s
birthDate 1663-05-20
birthPlace England
Leicestershire NERFINISHED
burialPlace New York City NERFINISHED
Trinity Churchyard NERFINISHED
child Andrew Bradford NERFINISHED
citizenship British subject
countryOfCitizenship Colonial America NERFINISHED
England
deathDate 1752-05-23
employer Province of New York NERFINISHED
Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
era Colonial America NERFINISHED
founded first printing press in Pennsylvania
one of the earliest printing presses in New York
genre almanacs
legal texts
newspapers
religious tracts
knownFor being one of the first printers in British North America
pioneering printing in colonial America
printing almanacs and legal documents
printing early American newspapers
languageOfWork English
movedTo New York City NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania Colony NERFINISHED
Philadelphia NERFINISHED
name William Bradford NERFINISHED
notableWork Kalendarium Pennsilvaniense NERFINISHED
New-York Gazette NERFINISHED
The American Mercury NERFINISHED
The Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
occupation bookseller
printer
publisher
positionHeld public printer of New York
public printer of Pennsylvania
relative William Bradford (colonial printer of Philadelphia) NERFINISHED
religion Quaker
spouse Elizabeth Sowle NERFINISHED
workLocation New York City
Philadelphia

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John Peter Zenger apprenticedTo William Bradford (printer)