▁William ▁Cr ado ck . ▁Anne ▁bore ▁him ▁three ▁children : ▁Anne ▁( 1 7 6 7 ), ▁Sarah ▁( 1 7 6 9 ), ▁and ▁William ▁Bow yer ▁( born ▁ 1 7 7 5 ▁and ▁died ▁a ▁year ▁later ). ▁His ▁wife ▁Anne ▁also ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 6 . ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁married ▁a ▁second ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 8 , ▁to ▁Mar tha ▁Green ▁who ▁bore ▁him ▁eight ▁children . ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁taken ▁for ▁training ▁by ▁" the ▁learned ▁printer ", ▁William ▁Bow yer ▁the ▁Young er ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 7 5 7 .< ref ▁name = OD NB - J N ich ols > Ke ith ▁Mas len , ▁‘ B ow yer , ▁William ▁( 1 6 9 9 – 1 7 7 7 ) ’ , ▁Oxford ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁National ▁Biography , ▁Oxford ▁University ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 0 4 .</ ref > ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁formally ▁app r entic ed ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 7 5 9 ▁by ▁Bow yer , ▁whom ▁he ▁eventually ▁succeeded . ▁On ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁and ▁master ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 7 ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁brief ▁mem oir , ▁which ▁afterwards ▁grew ▁into ▁the ▁A ne cdot es ▁of ▁William ▁Bow yer ▁and ▁his ▁Liter ary ▁Fri ends ▁( 1 7 8 2 ). ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 8 , ▁he ▁became ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Gent le man ' s ▁Magazine ▁and ▁remained ▁so ▁till