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John Wright (1770–1844)
John Wright (1770?–1844) was an English bookseller, author, editor and publisher.
==Literary employment==
Wright was apprenticed to his uncle, J. Roper, a silk mercer, but he disliked trade, and at the expiry of his indentures went to London to seek for literary employment. He obtained an engagement as foreman or superintendent at Hookham's rooms in Bond Street, and afterwards entered business on his own account as a bookseller at 169 Piccadilly, opposite Old Bond Street. His shop became the general morning resort of the friends of Pitt's ministry, as Debrett's was of the opposition. In 1797 Canning, John Hookham Frere, and others, projected the ''Anti-Jacobin, or, Weekly Examiner''. They took a lease of 168 Piccadilly, the next house to Wright's, which was vacant on account of the failure of J. Owen, the publisher of Burke's pamphlets, and made over the house to Wright, reserving to themselves the first floor. By means of a door in the partition wall they passed from Wright's shop to the editorial room without attracting notice. The ''Anti-Jacobin'' appeared first on 20 November 1797, under the editorship of William Gifford, and was continued until 9 July 1798. The journal was distinguished for the vigour of its attacks on its opponents, and Wright's shop was the scene of the attempt of John Wolcot, better known as Peter Pindar, to chastise Gifford with a cudgel for his severe reflections on his character and writings.
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