John Wisden

1826

John Wisden was born in 1826, Brighton. At the end of 1840's he began his business activities with George Parr in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He began to sell cricket equipment to the players at Leamington Spa, and this was the birth of John Wisden and Co. The company were initially equipment suppliers, but, in 1863, became involved in publishing when John launched his Wisden's Cricketers Almanack. At that time it was just one of several such publications, but it is now the oldest continuously published sports handbook, and is often referred to as "The Cricketers' Bible". The Almanack is now probably more famous than the man himself (information from Grace's Guide:- British Industrial History).

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