Person Napier; Macvey (1776 - 1847) Napier Macvey 1776 - 1847 British Male Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 11 April 1776 11 February 1847

Editor Education: 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) Son 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 Fellow 12/06/1817 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1847 No 69 pp 710-711 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 11 Apr 1776 - 11 Feb 1847 NA7459 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d0ebc08a-c5da-4d11-b033-7b68a207c4d6