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Samuel Augustus Tegg

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Name

Samuel Augustus Tegg

Other names

TEGG, Samuel A.

Culture

Australian | English

Gender

Male

Birth date

8 January 1813

Birth place

London, England View on map Close map

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Death date

5 December 1872

Death Place

Paignton, Devon, England View on map Close map

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Active

1837

Movements

Australia (Sydney) 12 December 1834 onboard John Craig - December 1835; Australia (Hobart Town) December 1836 onboard 'Wave' - 1847

Occupations

Book publisher | Book seller | Print-seller | Stationer

Summary

Worked: Australia (TAS)

Context

Australia

Addresses

  • 1837
    Elizabeth Street, Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia.
  • 183?
    Liverpool Street, Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia.
  • 1842
    Corner Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia.

Biography

'James Tegg (1808-1845) and Samuel Augustus Tegg (1813-1872), booksellers and publishers, were born in Cheapside, London, sons of Thomas Tegg, bookseller, and his wife Mary, née Holland'. [ADB]
Samuael Tegg established the 'Derwent Circulating Library' and in May 1845 the 'Wellington Bridge Stationery Shop and Library' and operated .