Daniel Macmillan and Alexander MacMillan
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Media, Journalism, Journalists
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Starting as booksellers, the Macmillans, in 1844, founded Macmillan and Company, which would eventually become one of the world’s major publishing enterprises.
Early Lives
The Macmillan brothers were of Scottish stock, sons of Duncan and Katherine Crawford Macmillan, who had a dozen children. Born in 1766, Duncan lived on the Island of Arran. He succeeded his father-in-law in running a small farm. On this farm Daniel Macmillan was born in 1813. By 1816, the family had moved to Irvine in Ayrshire, where Alexander was born in October of...
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