Chepman and Myllar Press
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The Chepman and Myllar Press was the first printing press to be established in Scotland.
A litany of saints from the Aberdeen Breviary. Scottish Saints are prominent including, Kentigern, Ebba and Triduana. (Edinburgh University Library).
Walter Chepman
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Walter Chepman was a Scottish merchant, notary and civil servant active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Chepman served at the Scottish court during the reigns of James IV and James V.
In partnership with Androw Myllar he established Scotland's first printing press in 1508. Chepman was also a significant patron of Saint Giles' Kirk in Edinburgh.
Walter Chepman was a patron of The High Kirk of Edinburgh, also known as Saint Giles' Cathedral.
Memorial to Walter Chepman in St. Giles' Cathedral erected in 1879 by William Chambers LLD.