Lectures and Correspondence of Professor Macvey Napier (1776-1847) 1817-1843

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Lectures and Correspondence of Professor Macvey Napier (1776-1847) 1817-1843

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4 volumes, 2 letters

eng,

Edinburgh University Library

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Macvey Napier was born in Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, on 11 April 1776. He was educated locally, then in 1789 went to study at Glasgow University, then to Edinburgh University where he studied law. In 1799 he was admitted to the Society of Writers to the Signet. Napier's interests lay more in the literary world however and, earlier, in 1798, he made the acquaintance of the bookseller, later publisher, Archibald Constable (1774-1827). Their friendship lasted till Constable's death. In 1805, Na...