{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''William Darton, Sr.''' (1755–1819) was a British publisher of children's books. His business was located on Gracechurch Street in London.

Darton was the son of John Darton, an innkeeper. Darton's son William Darton, Jr. (1781–1854) was with the firm in Holborn.<ref>By Linda David [http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/etexts/darton/ Children's books published by William Darton and his sons : a catalogue of an exhibition at the Lilly Library, Indiana University] April–June, 1992. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington). 88 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. The Library, [Bloomington, IN], c1992.</ref> Another descendant, Joseph William Darton (1844–1916), became a founding partner in the British publisher Wells Gardner, Darton and Company.<ref>{{Cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Announcement of W. Wells Gardner's death, quoted from the ''Athenæum'' |newspaper=Grantham Journal |date=17 January 1880 |via=The British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==See also== *F. J. Harvey Darton

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==External links== * {{Gutenberg author | id=Darton,+William }} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=William Darton}} *[https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Erp=20&N=38537+38533+37910+4293005166&view=grid Works by William Darton] at Toronto Public Library * {{LCAuth|n85008388|William Darton|11|ue}} * [https://lccn.loc.gov/nr92040954 William Darton, Jr. (1781–1854)] at LC Authorities, with 10 records, and [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr92-040954 at WorldCat]

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Category:19th-century British publishers (people) Category:Publishers (people) from London Category:1755 births Category:1819 deaths

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