Joseph Whitaker, 1820 - 1895, publisher, founder of Whitaker's Almanack, lived and died here.
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EN1, Silver Street, White Lodge
Whitaker lived here from 1862 until his death here in 1895.
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Joseph Whitaker
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Joseph Whitaker
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