W. Pinkerton
| W. Pinkerton FSA | |||||||||
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| Born | 1809 | ||||||||
| Died | 1871 | ||||||||
| Residence | 8 Pownall gardens, Hounslow, W | ||||||||
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A10:1 has M.W. Pinkerton
1871.10.20 death noted
Notes From Elsewhere
William Pinkerton (1809 - 1871):
Antiquarian
William Pinkerton was born in Belfast and became a sailor as a young man. His life was devoted to collecting printed material that related to the history of Belfast, and he owned a large collection of books that had been printed there. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was responsible for the reprinting of Hounslow Heath, which he funded
Publications
External Publications
Hounslow-heath, a poem. Re-pr. by W. Pinkerton
Historical notices of old Belfast and its vicinity; a selection from the mss. collected by William Pinkerton, F.S.A., for his intended history of Belfast, additional documents, letters, and ballads, O'Mellan's narrative of the wars of 1641, biography of Mary Ann M'Cracken, now first printed ... (Belfast, M. Ward & Co., Limited; [etc., etc.], 1896),
