John Clennell Explained

John Clennell (1772–1822) was a journalist.

Biography

Clennell's father was a hat-manufacturer in Newcastle on Tyne. Intended for the church, Clennell went into the family firm to support his widowed mother; and then manufactured pins. He was unsuccessful in business, and therefore became a teacher.^[1]

Clennell moved to Hackney, London in 1816. He was a contributor to the Commercial and Agricultural Magazine, and attracted many supporters while working on a new journal, assisted by the chemist John Sadler.^[2] He wrote for Nicholson's Journal,^[3] and was editor of the Tradesman.^[4]

He was a contributor to Rees's Cyclopædia, but it is not known on what topics he contributed.

Writings

• Thoughts on the Expediency of disclosing the processes of Manufactories, 1807. This a pamphlet with the texts of two lectures the author gave to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Eneas Mackenzie, 'Protestant Dissent: Chapels and meeting-houses', Historical Account of Newcastle upon Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 370-414. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43362 Date accessed: 20 April 2012.
2. Book: The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle. 20 April 2012. 1811. E. Cave. 336.
3. Book: John Watkins. John Watkins (writer). Frederic Shoberl. Frederic Shoberl. William Upcott. William Upcott. A Biographical Dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland: comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives, and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed; including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England. 20 April 2012. 1816. Printed for H. Colburn. 67.
4. [Robert Watt (bibliographer)|Watt. R.]
5. Book: John Redman Coxe. The Philadelphia medical museum. 20 April 2012. 1809. John Redman Coxe. 115.