John Edward Taylor
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John Edward Taylor was an English business tycoon, editor, publisher and member of The Portico Library, who was the founder of the Manchester Guardian newspaper in 1821. It was renamed in 1959 The Gua
John Edward Taylor
Mary Scott (poet)
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Mary Scott, who became Mary Taylor after her marriage, was an English poet originating from Milborne Port, Somerset. Notable for her literary contributions, Scott authored "The Female Advocate" in 177
John Edward Taylor
…was the founder of the Manchester Guardian newspaper in 1821. It was renamed in 1959 The Guardian. Taylor was born at Ilminster, Somerset, England, to Mary Scott, the poet, and John Taylor, a Unitarian minister who moved after his wife's death to Manchester with his son to run a school there. John Edward was…
Title page of Mary Scott's The Female Advocate (1774)