PETTER

George William . b. Barn staple 1824; printer 3 Crane court, Fleet st. London 1848, removed to Playhouse yard 1852 where Thomas Dixon Galpin joined him, then to La Belle Sauvage yard, Ludgate hill 1857; purchased John Ca ell’s publications 1858 and took him in as a partner; started Ca ell’s Illustrated family bible 1860 and The popular natural history 1859; J. Ca ell d. 1865; started The Echo, the first halfpenny daily paper in London 8 Dec. 1868, sold it to baron Grant 1868; firm converted into a Limited co. 1883 when he retired from active work; author of Some objections to the repeal of the paper duty considered, in reply to Mr. H. G. Bonn’s pamphlet upon the question 1860. d. Leeholme, Bourne mouth 16 Sept. 1888, his personal estate was valued at £520,560. Bookseller 9 Oct. 1888 p. 1021–22.