A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Whitaker (Richard)

by Henry Robert Plomer

WHITAKER (RICHARD), bookseller in London; Kings Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1619-48. Took up his freedom May 3rd, 1619. [Arber, iii. 685.] In partnership with Thomas Whitaker, q.v. They had an extensive business, and published much of the best literature of the period. Richard Whitaker was a warden of the Company of Stationers in the years 1643—5. He died on February 5th, 164 7/8. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 25.]