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Authorised form of nameNapier; Macvey (1776 - 1847)
Dates1776 - 1847
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Date of birth11 April 1776
Date of death11 February 1847
OccupationEditor
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh University; Glasgow University
Career:
Librarian to the Writers of the signet (1805); edited a supplement to the 6th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica (1814-1824) and edited the 7th edition (1827-1842); Editor, Edinburgh Review (1829); Clerk of Session, Edinburgh (1837)
Memberships:
Society of Writers (1799, admitted by signet)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1817
RelationshipsSon of John Macvey, merchant of Kirkintilloch, and a daughter of John Napier of Craigannet, Stirlingshire; christened Napier, but changed his name to Macvey Napier at the wish of his grandfather
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1847 No 69 pp 710-711
CodeNA7459
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1817/09Napier, Macvey: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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