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Facts

Born April 11, 1776 • Kirkintilloch • Scotland
Died February 11, 1847 (aged 70) • Edinburgh • Scotland

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MacVey Napier.
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Colin Macfarquhar
Scottish printer
William Robertson Smith
William Robertson Smith
Scottish scholar
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Charles Maclaren
Scottish journalist and editor
William Smellie
William Smellie
Scottish publisher and scientist
James Tytler
James Tytler
Scottish editor
Mortimer Adler,1989
Mortimer J. Adler
American philosopher and educator
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Robert McHenry
American author and editor
Walter Yust.
Walter Yust
American editor
Archibald Constable, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist after a painting by Sir Henry Raeburn
Archibald Constable
Scottish publisher
Bell, Andrew
Andrew Bell
Scottish publisher
Hugh Chisholm.
Hugh Chisholm
British editor
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Thomas Spencer Baynes
British scholar and editor
Henry Peter Brougham, detail of an oil painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
British politician
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Thomas Stewart Traill
Scottish editor
Benton, William
William Benton
United States senator and publisher
Horace Everett Hooper
Horace Everett Hooper
American publisher
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Clifton Fadiman
American editor
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Franklin Henry Hooper
American editor
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John V. Dodge
American editor
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Cherie Booth
British attorney