William Stephenson (junior)
William Stephenson (junior) (2 September 1797 – 20 May 1838) was a Geordie printer, publisher, auctioneer, poet and songwriter born in Gateshead, the son of William Stephenson (senior).
He started work as a printer and soon opened his own business at the Bridge End, Gateshead.[1][2]
Much of his business seemed to come from the cheap
On his death, the Gateshead Observer of 26 May 1838 carried a notice which read “On Sunday (May 20), after a long illness, aged 40, much respected, Mr. W. Stephenson, printer"
Works
These include :-
Publishing and/or printing
In 1824 he published a small
In 1834 he published his father's collection of poems and songs
In 1830 he introduced a new periodical, "The Gateshead Intelligencer", a sixpenny monthly which was half newspaper and half magazine. It ran from 1830 to 1833
Poetry and songwriting
The Beggar's Wedding[3]
Ellen
The Lass that shed a tear for me
Merry Lads of Gyetshead
The Sandhill Monkey
Smiling Betty
See also
- Geordie dialect words
- Thomas Allan
- Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings
- P. France & Co.
- France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne - 1850
- W & T Fordyce
- The Tyne Songster
- John Ross
- The Songs of the Tyne by Ross
References
- ^ "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings: With Lives, Portraits, and ..." T. & G. Allan. 15 July 1891. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings with lives, portraits and autographs of the writers, and notes on the songs. Revised Edition. Thomas & Gorge Allan, 18 Blackett Street, and 34 Collingwood Street, (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Sold by W. Allan, 80 Grainqer Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, B. Allan, North Shields and Walter Scott. London. 1891.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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External links
- Bards of Newcastle
- Wor Geordie songwriters
- Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings
- France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne – 1850
- The Tyne Songster by W & T Fordyce – 1840