John Bancks
John Bancks (1709 – 19 April 1751), also known as John Banks, was an English writer. Bancks was born in Sonning, Berkshire, and became apprenticed to a weaver in Reading. He suffered an accident, and left the apprenticeship before completion, becoming a bookseller in Spitalfields. He wrote poetry and biography, including works on the lives of Jesus, Oliver Cromwell and William III. References

See also
List of 18th-century British working-class writers

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1709 births
1751 deaths
18th-century English writers
18th-century English male writers
18th-century English poets
English booksellers
English biographers
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English male non-fiction writers
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