View source for James Hessey (publisher)

{{Short description|English publisher}}
'''James Augustus Hessey''' (28 August 1785, [[Clerkenwell]] – 7 April 1870, [[Manningford Bruce]]) was an [[English people|English]] publisher who established the publishing company Taylor and Hessey with [[John Taylor (publisher)|John Taylor]] who he met whilst they both worked for [[James Lackington]].<ref name= Chilcott>{{cite book|last1=Chilcott|first1=Tim|title=A publisher and his circle. The life and works of John Taylor, Keats's publisher|date=1972|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London and Boston}}</ref>{{rp|p8}}
==Early life==
James was the son of James Hessey (gent.) who had [[Purchase of commissions in the British Army|purchased]] a commission as [[Quartermaster#British Army|quartermaster]] for the [[43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot|43rd Foot Regiment]] in 1773. Having fought for the British in the [[American War of Independence]], he left the Army in 17780 and died in 1786, shortly after his sons birth.<ref name= Chilcott/>{{rp|p8}}
James's guardians sent him to [[Abbot Beyne School#Grammar school|Burton Grammar School]]. However, in 1803 he was taken on by [[James Lackington]] as an apprentice in the 'Temple of the Muses' Bookstore where he met John Taylor, the two men developing a firm friendship.<ref name= Chilcott/>{{rp|p9}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hessey, James}}
[[Category:1785 births]]
[[Category:1870 deaths]]
[[Category:Publishers (people) from London]]
[[Category:English booksellers]]