W. Bridekirk
William Storey Bridekirk (1796-1843) was a journalist, compositor, printer and publisher in Cape Town. Also listed as W. Bridekirk.
Biography
Born South Shield Durham and came to South Africa on the SS Gertrude from Gravesend in 1817, arriving in Table Bay on 30th July, 1817. He possibly resided at 20 Buitengracht Street and for a while apparently worked as printer and publisher for the colonial government and published The Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette from their offices at the "Government Gazette Office", adjoining George's Hotel, Heerengracht Street. Later set up the publishing business W, Bridekirk, which numerous works, including a news-sheet entitled South Africa Grins, or The Quizzical Depot of General Humbug and the plays by Joseph Suasso de Lima and others.
Sources
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2004-12/1102057563
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2004-09/1094702443
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 191,
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