| Name: |
MILLAR, Andrew |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
Strand |
| Address(es): |
No. 141, in the Strand (1729), near St. Clement's Ch. Then Buchanan's Hd, o/a Catherine St, in the Strand (1755). |
| Book Trades: |
Publisher, Bookseller |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1729 - 1768 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1707 (date of birth) - 1768 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
Listed as creditor to Revill Homfray of Sheffield in 1759. Took over Jacob Tonson's premises opposite Catherine st in the Strand. millar changed the name of the premises from 'Shakespeare's Head' to 'Buchanan's Head'. Married Jane, the daughter of London printer and printmaker Andrew Johnson in 1730. Published Dr. Samuel Johnson's 'Dictionary'. Distributor for 'The Society for the Encouragment of Learning (est. 1736). Principal Assistant: Robert Lawless (d. 1806). Master of Thomas Cadell 1758. Cadell became partner in in 1765 and succeeded to the business in 1768. |
| Sources: |
- Plomer, Henry R. et al, A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775 (London, 1932)
- Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
- Information from Tanya Schmoller for Yorkshire, based on Directories
as follows:
BAILEY 1781
BAINES 1822/3
BLACKWELL 1828
BROWNELL 1817
GALES & MARTIN
1787
GELL 1825
GELL & BENNETT 1821
GLOVER 1827-9
PIGOT 1818, 1828/9, 1830, 1834, 1835, 1837,
1841
John ROBINSON 1797
ROBSON 1839
ROGERS 1841
SKETCHLEY 1774
WARDLE & BENTHAM
1814-15
WHITE 1833, 1834, 1837/8, 1841, 1845 and 1849
FREEMANTLE
UBD
SFIP
LP
Cem
York Poll Books 1741, 1758, 1774, 1784
- (Unknown)
- Plomer, Henry R. et al, A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775 (London, 1932)
- Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
- Information from Tanya Schmoller for Yorkshire, based on Directories
as follows:
BAILEY 1781
BAINES 1822/3
BLACKWELL 1828
BROWNELL 1817
GALES & MARTIN
1787
GELL 1825
GELL & BENNETT 1821
GLOVER 1827-9
PIGOT 1818, 1828/9, 1830, 1834, 1835, 1837,
1841
John ROBINSON 1797
ROBSON 1839
ROGERS 1841
SKETCHLEY 1774
WARDLE & BENTHAM
1814-15
WHITE 1833, 1834, 1837/8, 1841, 1845 and 1849
FREEMANTLE
UBD
SFIP
LP
Cem
York Poll Books 1741, 1758, 1774, 1784
- (Unknown)
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