See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN DUNTON (1659-1733)

DUNTON (1659-1733)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English bookseller and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Graffham, in See also:

• HUNTINGDONSHIRE (HUNTS)

Huntingdonshire, on the 4th of May 1659 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, grandfather and See also:

• GREAT

great-grandfather had all been clergymen . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen he was apprenticed to See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Parkhurst, bookseller, at the sign of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible and Three Crowns, Cheapside, See also:

• LONDON

London . See also:

• DUNTON, JOHN (1659-1733)

Dunton ran away at once, but was soon brought back, and began to " love books." During the struggle which led to the Revolution, Dunton was the treasurer of the Whig apprentices . He became a bookseller at the sign of the See also:

• RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

Raven, near the Royal See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange, and married See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Annesley, whose See also:

• SISTER

sister married See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• WESLEY (FAMILY)
• WESLEY, JOHN (1703-1791)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL (1766-1837)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL SEBASTIAN (1810–1876)

Wesley . His wife managed his business, so that he was See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• FREE

free in a great measure to follow his own See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric devices . In 1686, probably because he was concerned in the See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth rising, he visited New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he stayed eight months selling books and observing with See also:

• INTEREST

interest the new See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and its inhabitants . Dunton had become See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security for his See also:

• BROTHER

brother's debts, and to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape the creditors he made a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short excursion to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . On his return to England, he opened a new See also:

• SHOP

shop in the Poultry in the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of better times . Here he published weekly the Athenian See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

Mercury which professed to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer all questions on See also:

• HISTORY

history, See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, love, See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage and things in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . His wife died in 1697, and he married a second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; but a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel about See also:

• PROPERTY

property led to a separation; and being incapable of managing his own affairs, he spent the last years of his See also:

• LIFE

life in great poverty . He died in 1733 .

He wrote a great many books and a number of See also:

• POLITICAL

political squibs on the Whig See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, but only his Life and Errors of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Dunton (1705), on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its na5vete, its pictures of bygone times, and of the See also:

• LITERARY

literary history of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, is remembered . His letters from New England were published in See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1867 .