Adam Black
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Adam Black was a Scottish publisher and politician. He founded the A & C Black publishing company, and published the 7th, 8th and 9th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Portrait by John Watson Gordon, 1847
Black's house at 30 Broughton Place, Edinburgh
Statue of Adam Black in Princes Street Gardens
Adam Black's grave in Warriston Cemetery
Macvey Napier
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Macvey Napier was a Scottish solicitor, legal scholar, and an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was Professor of Conveyancing at the University of Edinburgh.
39 Castle Street (now known as North Castle Street), Edinburgh home to Macvey Napier
Macvey Napier by J P Slater