York Archives - Wakefield Historical Society https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/tag/york/ Promoting knowledge of the area's past Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:38:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Talk on Thomas Gent, printer and Yorkshire historian. https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/talk-on-thomas-gent-historian-and-printer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talk-on-thomas-gent-historian-and-printer https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/talk-on-thomas-gent-historian-and-printer/#respond Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:35:59 +0000 https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/?p=3120 Richard Knowles introduced us to a little known historian, Thomas Gent (1693-1778), at our online meeting on the 10th February. Born in Dublin and apprenticed to a printer in 1707, he moved to London in…

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