Perceval, John, active 1840-1860
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Fidget, active 1840-1860
Perceval, John, fl. 1840-1860
Philodemus, active 1840-1860
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found: His A letter to the secretary of state for the home department, 1844:t.p. (John Perceval, Esq.)
found: LC in OCLC, 7-15-87(hdg.: Perceval, John, fl. 1840-1860)
found: MoSU-L/NLT files(usage: Philodemus)
found: His Letter to the Lord Mayor and citizens of London, 1838?:p. 12 (signed, Fidget)
found: MdU/G-K files(Fidget, John Perceval; according to Goldsmiths' Library)
found: Under that calamity, 2022:title page (by John Perceval) introduction (born in 1803, he was one of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval's 13 children; his father was assassinated when he was 9; was committed to asylums for much of his life, and became an advocate for reform; although his account of his time in an asylum were originally published anonymously, after his identity had been revealed, he published the second edition (1840) as John Perceval, Esq.; testified before Parliament's Select Committee on Lunatics in July 1859, calling himself "the attorney-general of all Her Majesty's madmen;" was a founding member of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society; died in 1876)
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1987-05-29: new
2023-07-25: revised
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