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Adam Black (
February 10,
1784–
January 24,
1874) was a
Scottish publisher. He founded the
A & C Black publishing company.
Black was born in
Edinburgh, the son of a builder, and educated at the
Royal High School. After serving as an apprentice to a bookseller in Edinburgh and
London, he began business for himself in Edinburgh in
1808. 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
Encyclopædia 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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