John Wilkes (printer)
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John Wilkes (1750-March 31, 1810) was an English printer, bookseller and stationer. He was a Freeman of Winchester and proprietor of the Hampshire Chronicle. With Peter Barfoot he ran the British Directory Office, which published the Universal British Directory from 1790 to 1798 after obtaining a royal patent. He compiled the Encyclopedia Londinensis, which was published between about 1810 and 1829 in 24 volumes. He owned Milland House in Sussex
He was the first to describe the Tractrac Chat, a small African bird.
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