London, the son of Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842). The firm became Leigh, Sotheby, & Son in 1800, when John Sotheby's nephew Samuel joined it, and so continued...
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UK. Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Samuel Baker, a bookseller. In 1767 the firm became Baker & Leigh, after George Leigh became...
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English auctioneer and founder of Sotheby's Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842), English auctioneer and antiquarian Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805–1861), English auctioneer...
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son Samuel Leigh Sotheby into partnership, and in 1826 Messrs. Sotheby & Son printed a Catalogue of the Collections sold by Messrs. Baker, Leigh, & Sotheby...
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England to John Sotheby (1703–1775) and Anne Baker. The Sotheby family originally came from Yorkshire, England. Auction house Baker and Leigh, was founded...
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Therese Sangiorgi (wife of Soho restaurateur August Kettner) Tomb of Samuel Leigh Sotheby In all there are up to forty items associated with the cemetery which...
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instruments "Samuel Dunn, mathematician, 1794". History of Science Museum. Leigh and Sotheby. 10 April 1794. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Goodwin 1888, p. 211 cites:...
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Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE, FRSA (/ˈætənbərə/; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and producer...
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Portion of the Celebrated Library of M. Guglielmo Libri ..: M-Z. 2. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson. 1861. p. 633. Samia I. Spencer (2005). Writers of...
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31 May 1813 and two following days. Willett's library was sold by Leigh & Sotheby on 6 December 1813, over 17 days. He had been a patron of Georg Dionysius...
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