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16-590: The Edinburgh Encyclopædia is an encyclopaedia in 18 volumes, printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830. In competition with the Edinburgh-published Encyclopædia Britannica , the Edinburgh Encyclopædia is generally considered to be strongest on scientific topics, where many of the articles were written by the editor. The Edinburgh Encyclopædia

32-498: A host of writers. This included John Neal , making Maga the first British literary journal to publish work by an American, and the publisher of the first history of US literature, Neal's series American Writers (1824–25). In 1825 he published Neal's 1,324-page novel Brother Jonathan at a great financial loss. Their relationship fell apart shortly thereafter. In 1829, he wrote to his son William in India telling him that he

48-510: A key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan , George Tomkyns Chesney , Joseph Conrad , George Eliot , E. M. Forster , John Galt , John Neal , Thomas De Quincey , Charles Reade , Margaret Oliphant , John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope , both in books and in the monthly Blackwood’s Magazine . In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for

64-402: A loss in late 1825. In 1829 he wrote to his son William in India telling him that he was moving from Princes Street to 45 George Street as George Street was "becoming more and more a place of business and the east end of Princes Street is now like Charing Cross , a mere place for coaches". His brother Thomas bought 43 and in 1830 Thomas Hamilton remodelled the entire frontage of the pair for

80-518: Is based on William Blackwood. William Blackwood married Janet Steuart (1780–1849) on 29 October 1805. They had a large family. Most of his sons joined his publishing firm in some capacity. All are buried with him at the Old Calton Burial Ground except where stated: Blackwood (publishing house) William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. It played

96-492: The Blackwood Brothers or Messrs. Blackwood . Thomas' shop operated as a silk merchant. William Blackwood died in 1834 and is buried in an ornate vault in the lower western section of Old Calton Cemetery . He was succeeded by his two sons, Alexander and Robert, who added a London branch to the firm. In 1845 Alexander Blackwood died, and shortly afterwards Robert. A younger brother, John Blackwood succeeded to

112-629: The Scottish agency for John Murray and other London publishers, and gradually drifted into publishing on his own account, moving in 1816 to Princes Street. On 1 April 1817, the first number of the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine was published, which on its seventh number became Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine . " Maga ", as this magazine soon came to be called, was the organ of the Scottish Tory party, and round it gathered

128-617: The Scottish printing may be read online here . It does not include any plates. William Blackwood Blackwood was born in Edinburgh on 20 November 1776. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a firm of booksellers in Edinburgh, and he followed his calling also in Glasgow and London for several years. Returning to Edinburgh in 1804, he opened a shop in South Bridge Street for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook

144-411: The business; later he was joined by his brother Major William Blackwood, who continued in the firm until his death in 1861, when his elder son, William Blackwood III (born 1836), was taken into partnership. On the death of John Blackwood, William Blackwood III was left in sole control of the business. With him were associated his nephews, George William and JH Blackwood, sons of Major George Blackwood, who

160-724: The first bibliography of entomology in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopædia (see Timeline of entomology – 1800–1850 ). Joseph Parker of Philadelphia and Whiting & Watson of New York City printed American editions, both in 1832. A list of major contributors, with indications of their articles, was published in 1830. Other contributors – "Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature" – included Adam Anderson , Charles Babbage , Thomas Carlyle , Robert Gordon , Robert Edmond Grant , John Leslie , Henry Liston , John Gibson Lockhart and Thomas Telford . The following full set of

176-420: The sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John Murray and other London publishers, and gradually drifted into publishing on his own account, moving in 1816 to Princes Street . On 1 April 1817 the first number of the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine was published, which on its seventh number became Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine . " Maga ," as this magazine soon came to be called,

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192-572: Was killed at Maiwand in 1880. The last member of the Blackwood family to run the company was Douglas Blackwood . During World War II Blackwood was a fighter pilot and at the height of the Battle of Britain recalled looking down from 25,000 feet to see the firm's London office in Paternoster Row ablaze. Millions of books were lost in the fire and the destruction of Blackwood's base in

208-530: Was living at 3 Ainslie Place on Edinburgh's elegant Moray Estate in the West End. His bookshop was within easy walking distance, being located at 45 George Street. William Blackwood died in 1834 and is buried in an ornate vault in the lower western section of Old Calton Burial Ground . The character Oakstick in John Paterson's Mare , James Hogg 's allegorical satire on the Edinburgh publishing scene,

224-426: Was moving from Princes Street to 45 George Street as George Street was "becoming more and more a place of business and the east end of Princes Street is now like Charring Cross , a mere place for coaches". His brother Thomas bought 43 George and in 1830 Thomas Hamilton remodelled the entire frontage of the pair for the Blackwood Brothers . Thomas' shop operated as a silk merchant. At the end of his life, Blackwood

240-644: Was originally planned to encompassed 12 volumes, but by the time the final volume was published, in 1830, it counted 18 volumes. Some subjects, such as the polarization of light and electromagnetism , had not even been heard of when the project began, and yet the Encyclopedia had articles on them. The electromagnetism article was even contributed by Hans Christian Ørsted , the founder of modern electromagnetic studies. It also included information on contemporary events such as Christopher Hansteen 's 1829 expedition to Siberia. In 1815 William Elford Leach published

256-531: Was the organ of the Scottish Tory party, and round it gathered a host of able writers. In May 1824 Blackwood's became the first British literary journal to publish work by an American with an essay by John Neal that got reprinted across Europe. Over the following year and a half the magazine published Neal's "American Writers" series, which is the first written history of American literature. The relationship between Blackwood and Neal fell apart over Neal's novel Brother Jonathan , which Blackwood published at

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