William Alexander (Quaker)

William Alexander (3 January 1768, Needham Market,–2 April, York 1841) was an English Quaker, businessman, educator, bookseller, publisher and author, who wrote under the name Amicus.[1]

Early life

He was third surviving son of Dykes Alexander, a Quaker elder, and Martha Biddle, a Quaker minister,[2][3] His sister was Mary Alexander, author and Quaker evangelist.[4] as well as Dykes Alexander (junior). He was educated in Wandsworth. Then in 1782 he was apprenticed to Joseph Brown (1746-1808) a miller of Luton. Then in 1786 he returned to Needham Market where he worked as a mealman.

Later life

By 1808 he was living in York. Here he was in charge of a girls' school, in Castlegate until 1810. Then he worked as a Printer, Stationer & Bookseller in York, where he started the Annual Monitor in 1811 and established Sessions of York.[5] He was appointed a Director of the Friends Provident Institution. He was made a Freeman of the City of York in 1813 and served as Chamberlain of the city in 1818.[6]

See also

    References
    1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 9.
    2. http://www.ampltd.co.uk/digital_guides/womens_autobiographies_parts_1_and_2/detailed-listing-part-1.aspx
    3. https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/alexander-william-1768-1841-printer
    4. http://www.ampltd.co.uk/digital_guides/womens_autobiographies_parts_1_and_2/detailed-listing-part-1.aspx
    5. https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/sessions-of-york-printers
    6. "The Descendants of un-named Alexander" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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