Earlier versions of this Orlando entry argued correctly that S. Pearson the novelist was the same person as S. Pearson the poet, but wrongly that her given name was Susanna: in fact this name seems...
Timeline
1806: Henry Colburn set up a publishing house in...
Writing climate item
1806
Henry Colburn
set up a publishing house in London; his authors included many best-sellers.
Texts
Watkins, John, and Frederic Shoberl. A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland. H. Colburn, 1816.