Robert Chambers was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19
Chambers, c. 1863
21 November 1840, copy of the Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
The grave of Robert Chambers, St Andrews Cathedral churchyard
William Chambers (publisher)
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William Chambers of Glenormiston was a Scottish publisher and politician, the brother of Robert Chambers. The brothers were influential in the mid-19th century, in both scientific and political circle
Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802)
…17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. Chambers was an early phrenologist in the Edinburgh Phrenological Society…
Statue erected in memory of William Chambers of Glenormiston. It faces the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
Engraving of William Chambers, c. 1845
Memorial to William Chambers, Peebles Cemetery
47 Broughton Street, Edinburgh – formerly William Chambers' bookshop