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Archibald Constable. A History of Booksellers, the Old and the New. Archibald David Constable (24 February 1774 – 21 July 1827) was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer.
Brother of Thomas Alexander Constable, Margaret Constable, Anne Constable, John Constable, William Constable and Charles Constable Husband of Mary Willison — married 16 Jan 1795 in Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
- Male
- February 24, 1774
- Mary Willison, Charlotte Neale
- July 21, 1827
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The business of the Constable firm was carried on by the publisher’s son Thomas, who also took over and expanded the Edinburgh printing business of his grandfather, David Willison (Archibald Constable’s father-in-law). In 1839 Thomas was appointed printer to Queen Victoria and in 1859 printer to Edinburgh University. By 1852 the company had ...
Search for: 'Archibald Constable' in Oxford Reference ». (1774–1827),a Scots publisher who published most of Scott's early work. He established the Edinburgh Review in 1802, and bought the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1812. Yet in 1826 he went bankrupt, heavily involving Scott in his debts. In 1827 he established Constable's Miscellany, a ...
Archibald Constable was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer who began his career as an apprentice to an Edinburgh bookseller. Constable made a name for himself by buying the rights to publish the Scots Magazine, launching the Farmer's Magazine, and establishing the Edinburgh Review. Constable made a new departure in publishing by offering generous terms to authors. He paid the ...
Archibald David Constable FRSE (24 February 1774 – 21 July 1827) was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer. He was born at Carnbee, Fife, as the son of the land steward to the Earl of Kellie, and educated at Edinburgh Academy (1853–60), and the universities of St Andrews, Berlin and Paris. In 1788 Archibald was apprenticed to Peter Hill, an Edinburgh bookseller, but in 1795 he ...
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