Daniel MacMillan
Daniel MacMillan | |
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| Born | 13 September 1813 |
| Died | 27 June 1867 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | bookseller; publisher |
Daniel MacMillan (Scottish Gaelic: Dòmhnall MacMhaolain) (13 September–27 June 1867) was a Scottish publisher from the Isle of Arran, Scotland
Life
Daniel MacMillan was born on 13 September 1813, in the Isle of Arran to a crofting family. Moving to London, he founded Macmillan Publishers, with his brother Alexander.[1][2]
In 1833, he came to London to work for a Cambridge bookseller. In 1844, he decided to expand into the publishing business.[3]
Macmillan, with the recommendation of his brother Alexander, sent George Edward Brett to open the first American office in New York.[4]
He died at Cambridge on 27 June 1867.[3] He is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge.
Family
He married, on 4 September 1860, Frances, daughter of a Mr Orridge, a chemist in Cambridge. They had two sons, Frederick (born 1861) and Maurice Crawford Macmillan (1863–1936). Maurice married Helen (Nellie) Artie Tarleton Belles (1856–1937), and their son Harold became Prime Minister.
Additional reading
- Elizabeth James Macmillan A Publishing Tradition, 2002, ISBN 0-333-73517-X
- Charles Morgan, The House of Macmillan (1843–1943)
References
- ^ History
- ^ "PUBLISHING: Crofter's Crop". Time. 1951-01-22. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ a b Seccombe, Thomas (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Crocker, Samuel (1893). The Literary World. E. H. Hames and Company. p. 276.
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