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of the Bank of England John Francis
A lively 19th-century financial writer, he is best known for tracing the story of the Bank of England and the people around it. His books also explored the stock exchange, life assurance, and the rise of the railway age.
2 Audiobooks
Annals, Anecdotes and Legends: A Chronicle of Life Assurance
by of the Bank of England John Francis
Chronicles and characters of the stock exchange
by of the Bank of England John Francis
About the author
John Francis was a 19th-century English writer whose name appears on History of the Bank of England, Its Times and Traditions, first published in the 1840s. Public-domain library records and book listings also connect him with works on the stock exchange, life assurance, and English railways.
His writing seems to have focused on explaining major financial institutions and economic change for general readers. That makes him a useful guide to Victorian Britain's world of banking and commerce, especially for listeners interested in how money, markets, and public life were understood in his own time.
Reliable biographical detail about his personal life is limited in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview keeps to his documented body of work rather than adding uncertain facts.