Alexander Whitelaw (1803–1846) [1] [2] was a Scottish editor and writer.
Life
Whitelaw was born in Glasgow, [1] and became an assistant to Robert Watt in the compilation of Bibliotheca Britannica. [3] He later was a journalist and poet. Hired by the publishers Blackie, he edited illustrated books; [1] he also edited the Popular Encyclopedia or Conversations Lexicon, which appeared from 1834 to 1842. [4]
Edited works
- The Casquet of Literary Gems (1828) [5]
- The Republic of Letters (1833) [6]
- Works of Robert Burns, 2 vols., 1843–4 [7]
- The Book of Scottish Song (1844) [8]
- The Book of Scottish Ballads (1845) [9]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Scottish Notes and Queries". Internet Archive. 3rd series. November 1906. p. 76. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Finlayson, James (1897). "An Account of the Life and Works of Dr. Robert Watt". London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 40. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Samuel Austin Allibone (1871). A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors living and deceased. p. 2696.
- ^ Daniele Besomi (1 March 2013). Crises and Cycles in Economic Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-136-72290-5.
- ^ Alexander Whitelaw (1828). The Casquet of Literary Gems. Blackie, Fullarton & Company.
- ^ Alexander Whitelaw, ed. (1833). The Republic of Letters.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Alexander Whitelaw, ed. (1844). The Book of Scottish Song, Collected and Illustrated with Historical and Critical Notices.
- ^ Alexander Whitelaw (1845). The Book of Scottish Ballads; Collected and Illustrated with Historical and Critical Notices.
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