Isaiah Thomas

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Isaiah Thomas was an influential early American printer, publisher, and historian best known for founding the American Antiquarian Society and documenting the history of American printing.

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instanceOf American patriot ⓘ
person ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
apprenticedTo Zachariah Fowle ⓘ
burialPlace Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
collected early American books and newspapers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1749-01-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1831-04-04 ⓘ
educatedAt apprenticeship in printing trade ⓘ
familyName Thomas ⓘ
fieldOfWork American history ⓘ
book collecting ⓘ
printing ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
founded American Antiquarian Society ⓘ
fullName Isaiah Thomas ⓘ
genre bibliography ⓘ
history of printing ⓘ
givenName Isaiah ⓘ
inceptionOfFoundedOrganization 1812 ⓘ
knownFor founding the American Antiquarian Society ⓘ
publishing the Massachusetts Spy ⓘ
writing "The History of Printing in America" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Antiquarian Society ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement created one of the earliest comprehensive histories of American printing ⓘ
notableWork The History of Printing in America ⓘ
occupation bookseller ⓘ
historian ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
placeOfDeath Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
positionHeld first president of the American Antiquarian Society ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1810 ⓘ
publisherOf Massachusetts Spy ⓘ
reasonForRelocationOfPublication to avoid British suppression in Boston ⓘ
relocatedPublicationTo Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
roleInEvent patriot printer during the American Revolution ⓘ
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ

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