Author: Whitaker, Thomas R.
Biography:
WHITAKER, Thomas R. (fl 1813)
Apparently the only work published by Whitaker—Seduction; or, Wealth, Virtue, and Vice—exists in just one recorded copy, as yet unexamined. There is said to be a prose preface signed by G. Edward Barrett. Both names are unknown to literary history, and the work itself does not seem to have been advertised or reviewed. Public records include many Thomas Whitakers and George Barretts baptised or buried in England in the appropriate date range and in the 1841 census, but no Thomas R.s or G. Edwards. Whitaker might be T. Whitaker (q.v.) who was publishing poetry about the same time, but it would be unusual for an author to begin by using his full name and later to conceal it. (ancestry.com 14 May 2024; findmypast.com 14 May 2024) HJ