Richard Bentley
1794–1871
Printer and publisher. Established a printing business with his brother in 1819. Became partner in a publishing business with Henry Colburn, 1829; head of his own firm, 1832–52. Published Bentley’s Miscellany from 1837 with Charles Dickens as editor; Temple Bar from 1866. From 1867 the firm was managed by his son George.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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