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The fullest biography is H.W. Bleackley, Life of John Wilkes (1917). R.W. Postgate, That Devil Wilkes, rev. ed. (1956); and C.P. Chenevix Trench, Portrait of a Patriot (1962), add details. All are defective in understanding of the political background, on which see: G.F.E. Rude, Wilkes and Liberty: A Social Study of 1763 to 1774 (1962); and I.R. Christie, Wilkes, Wyvill and Reform: The Parliamentary Reform Movement in British Politics, 1760–1785 (1962).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Historynet - Interview: John Wilkes Booth / Celebrity Assassin. | Mar 15, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Heritage - Men of the Revolution: 8. John Wilkes. | Oct 15, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Aylesbury Town Council - John Wilkes Election. | Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wilkes University - John Wilkes and Isaac Barre. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - The Battles That Won Our Freedoms - 4 Freedom of the Press. | May 10, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historynet - Interview: John Wilkes Booth / Celebrity Assassin. | Oct 11, 2022 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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