Author talk:Richard Holcraft

=Sources=

Published work is definitely Holcraft, though wonder whether many records of the time may list as Holcroft, or modern transcriptions may be that way. Work also says "B.A." and it is not in alumni register for Cambridge or Oxford under either spelling. Not in Uni of London registers of deaths to 1890, though that started 1836 so not really a target. As the third "Uni" in England started circa 1826, one then looks to Glasgow (no), Edinburgh, and Dublin no.


 * Otherwise need to start to look to the European universities.

No hits for Holcraft in newspapers through Gale Primary Sources, incl. The Times. — billinghurst  sDrewth  08:17, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Richard Holcraft dying 1860
Name: 	Richard Holcraft Age: 	76 Abode: Failsworth Burial Date: 	19 Aug 1860 Burial Place: 	Cheetham, St Luke, Lancashire, England Parish as it Appears: 	Cheetham, St Luke Reference Number: 	GB127.M339/1/3/1
 * burial Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England

Richard Holcroft Birth 	unknown Death 	15 Aug Burial 	St Luke's ChurchyardCheetham Hill, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Memorial ID 	189234481
 * Findagrave

Name: 	Richard Holcroft Death Registration Place: 	Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom Death Date: 	Sep 1860 Volume: 	8d Page: 	210
 * death FreeBMD (def. Holcroft)

Name: 	Richard Holcroft, Gentleman, widower Marriage Date: 	21 Jan 1839 Parish: 	Manchester, St Mary, St Denys and St George Father's Name: 	Richard Holcroft, draper Spouse's Name: 	Sarah Smith Spouse's Father's Name: 	Jonathan Atherton Archive Roll: 	704
 * marriage; Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester (def. Holcroft)

=> for this latter there is 1802 apprentice paperwork for a Richard Holcroft

1824?
WorldCat lists the first edition of Holcraft's book (Tales from the German) as 1826, but this article lists 1824 in the description and also as the date of Tales of Humour and Romance (the 1829 reprint). Are there any sources that give 1824 as the year he first published? -- Yodin T 03:52, 17 October 2023 (UTC)