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Andrew Bell (1726–1809) was a Scottish engraver and printer, who co-founded Encyclopædia Britannica with Colin Macfarquhar. Biography. Bell was born in Edinburgh in 1726, his father a baker. He had little formal education and was apprenticed to the engraver Richard Cooper. Bell was a colourful Scot.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Andrew Bell (born 1726, Edinburgh, Scot.—died May 10, 1809, Edinburgh) was a Scottish engraver, and cofounder, with the printer Colin Macfarquhar, of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Portrait of Andrew Bell by an unknown artist. Andrew Bell and William Smellie, caricature by John Kay.
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Feb 25, 2023 · Andrew Bell was a Scottish engraver and printer, who co-founded Encyclopædia Britannica with Colin Macfarquhar. Bell produced almost all of the copperplate engravings for the 1st-4th editions of Britannica. He was born in Edinburgh in 1726 and had little formal education. Despite his small stature, he rode the tallest horse available in Edinburgh. Bell married Anne Wake and inherited many of ...
BELL, ANDREW (1726–1809), engraver, was born in 1726, and began his professional career in the humble employment of engraving letters, names, and crests on plates and dog-collars. Though a very indifferent engraver, he rose to be the first in his line in Edinburgh.
Andrew Bell. Born in 1726, the son of a baker, Bell had little formal education. He was apprenticed to Richard Cooper, c.1741– c.1748, and later taught other engravers, including Hector Gavin, Francis Legat, Alexander Robertson, and Daniel Lizars.8 As was later written of him: This enterprising man, joining to tolerable
