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Encyclopedia Britannica



BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 18 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874) , Scottish publisher, founder of the firm of A. & C. Black, the son of a builder, was born in Edinburgh on the loth of
February
  1784. After serving, his
apprenticeship
  to the bookselling
trade
  in Edinburgh and London, he began business for himself in Edinburgh in ,8o8. By 1826 he was recognized as one of the
principal
  booksellers in the city; and a few years later he was joined in business by his nephew Charles. The two most important events connected with the history of the firm were the publication of the 7th, 8th and 9th editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the purchase of the stock and copyright of the Waverley Novels. The copyright of the Encyclopaedia passed into the hands of
Adam
  Black and a few friends in 1827. In 1851 the firm bought the copyright of the Waverley Novels for 27,000; and in 186, they became the proprietors of De Quincey's works.
Adam
  Black was twice lord provost of Edinburgh, and represented the city in
parliament
  from 1856 to 1865. He retired from business in 1865, and died on the 24th of January 1874. He'was succeeded by his sons, who removed their business in 1895 to London. There is a bronze statue of Adam Black in
East
  Princes
Street
  Gardens, Edinburgh.
See Memoirs of Adam Black, edited by Alexander Nicholson (2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1885).


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