Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)

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Alexander Arbuthnot
Alexander Arbuthnot printer's device, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
Died(1585-09-01)1 September 1585
OccupationPrinter
SpouseAgnes Pennycuik
Parent(s)John Arbuthnot, Sr

Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1 September 1585) was an early printer in Edinburgh, Scotland, the fourth son of John Arbuthnot Sr in Portertown and of Legasland.

Life

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He printed the first edition of George Buchanan's first History of Scotland in 1582.[1] He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ The Scots Peerage

References

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  • Arbuthnot, Mrs P S-M (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin.
  • Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1908). The Scots Peerage. founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland'.
  • Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arbuthnot, Alexander". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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