John Whishaw

(1764 c.-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840 LBT ID: JoWhish1840 VIAF ID: 76222525 LOC ID: nr97022331	B/BAP: 1764 DIED: 1840-12-21
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1841) 206-08; DNB ["Holland House Set"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Barrister, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; he was Secretary to the African Association and biographer of Mungo Park. His correspondence was published as The “Pope” of Holland House in 1906.
WRITINGS IN THE ARCHIVE: The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)