James Christopher Scholes

James Christopher Scholes (27 March 1852 – 18 June 1890) was an English antiquary.

Life

The son of James Scholes, a printer and bookbinder, James Christopher Scholes was born at Bolton, Lancashire, and educated at the Holy Trinity School there.

Scholes trained as a printer then worked a reporter on a local newspaper, and later became a draper. He served as a member of the Bolton Board of Guardians of the Poor, and as a member of the Bolton School Board.

In 1877, Scholes married Ann Frost, who became his business manager. Scholes then devoted his time to his antiquarian and genealogical pursuits.[1]

Scholes died on 18 June 1890 and was buried in Tonge Cemetery in Bolton.[1]

Works

Scholes's main publications were:[1]

  • Bolton Bibliography and Jottings of Book Lore, with Notes on Local Authors and Printers, 1886; and
  • History of Bolton, completed by W. Pimblett, and issued in 1892.

Other writings included:[1]

  • Notes on Turton Tower and its successive Owners, 1880; with Supplementary Notes, 1881.
  • Documentary Notes relating to Turton, 1882.
  • Genealogy of the Knowles Family, 1886.

Scholes made transcripts of the Bolton parish registers from 1587 to 1860, which were printed to 1712 in the Bolton Weekly Journal, 1887–90.[1]

Notes
  1. Sutton, Charles William (1897). "Scholes, James Christopher" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sutton, Charles William (1897). "Scholes, James Christopher". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

gollark: And there are exciting ideas like... thorium reactors, molten salt stuff, that sort of thing, which could make it even better, but noooo...
gollark: Just aren't using it much.
gollark: We have nuclear fission *now*.
gollark: Basically *anything* nuclear is preferable to the current fossil fuel situation.
gollark: Quite a lot of the effects reducing their cost would also apply to combustion-engine-based cars.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.