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Thomas Tegg

British bookseller and publisher (1776–1845)

Thomas Tegg (1776–1845) was a British bookseller and publisher. One of his best-known publications is the London Encyclopaedia of 1829 and 1839.2

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Born Mar 4, 1776, died Apr 21, 1845.1

Early life and education

Tegg was the son of a grocer, born at Wimbledon, Surrey, on 4 March 1776, and was left an orphan at the age of five. He was sent to a boarding school at Galashiels in Selkirkshire. In 1785 he was bound apprentice to Alexander Meggett, a bookseller at Dalkeith. He ran away, sold chapbooks at Berwick, and spent time at Newcastle where he met the wood engraver Thomas Bewick. In Sheffield he obtained employment from Joseph Gales, the proprietor of the Sheffield Register, and encountered Tom Paine and Charles Dibdin. Further wanderings took him to Ireland and Wales, and then, after some years at King's Lynn in Norfolk, he moved to London in 1796.

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Career

Occupation: stationer, bookseller, publisher, printer.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Tegg & Castleman3

Personal life

  • BornMar 4, 1776, Wimbledon5
  • DiedApr 21, 1845, Wimbledon6
  • CitizenshipKingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland7

Tegg left three sons, including Thomas Tegg, a bookseller, who died on 15 September 1871 and William (1816–1895), who continued the business.

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