Daniel MacMillan
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| Born | 13 September 1813 |
| Died | 27 June 1857 (aged 43) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | bookseller; publisher |
Daniel MacMillan (Scottish Gaelic: Dòmhnall MacMhaolain; 13 September 1813 – 27 June 1857) was a Scottish publisher from the Isle of Arran, Scotland who was one of the co-founders of Macmillan Publishers along with his brother Alexander in London.
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 in Cambridge on 27 June 1857.[3] He is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge.
Family[]
He married, on 4 September 1850, Frances, daughter of a Mr Orridge, a chemist in Cambridge. They had two sons, Frederick (born 1851) and Maurice Crawford Macmillan (1853–1936). Maurice married Helen (Nellie) Artie Tarleton Belles (1856–1937), and their son Maurice Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister.
References[]
- ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "PUBLISHING: Crofter's Crop". Time. 1951-01-22. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Seccombe, Thomas (1893). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Crocker, Samuel (1893). The Literary World. E. H. Hames and Company. p. 276.
Further reading[]
- Elizabeth James Macmillan A Publishing Tradition, 2002, ISBN 0-333-73517-X
- Charles Morgan, The House of Macmillan (1843–1943)
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