Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/William_Blackwood> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 90 of
90
with 100 items per page.
- William_Blackwood abstract "William Blackwood (20 November 1776 – 16 September 1834) was a Scottish publisher who founded the firm of William Blackwood & Sons.Blackwood was born of humble parents in Edinburgh. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a firm of booksellers in Edinburgh, and he followed his calling also in Glasgow and London for several years. Returning to Edinburgh in 1804, he opened a shop in South Bridge Street for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John Murray and other London publishers, and gradually drifted into publishing on his own account, moving in 1816 to Princes Street. On 1 April 1817 the first number of the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine was published, which on its seventh number became Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. "Maga," as this magazine soon came to be called, was the organ of the Scottish Tory party, and round it gathered a host of able writers.In 1829 he wrote to his son William in India telling him that he was moving from Princes Street to 45 George Street as George Street was "becoming more and more a place of business and the east end of Princes Street is now like Charring Cross, a mere place for coaches". His brother Thomas bought 43 and in 1830 Thomas Hamilton remodelled the entire frontage of the pair for the Blackwood Brothers. Thomas' shop operated as a silk merchant.William Blackwood died in 1834 and is buried in an ornate vault in the lower western section of Old Calton Cemetery. He was succeeded by his two sons, Alexander and Robert, who added a London branch to the firm. In 1845 Alexander Blackwood died, and shortly afterwards Robert.A younger brother, John Blackwood succeeded to the business; four years later he was joined by Major William Blackwood, who continued in the firm until his death in 1861. In 1862 the major's elder son, William Blackwood (born 1836), was taken into partnership. On the death of John Blackwood, William Blackwood junior was left in sole control of the business. With him were associated his nephews, George William and JH Blackwood, sons of Major George Blackwood, who was killed at Maiwand in 1880.The last member of the Blackwood family to run the company was Douglas Blackwood. During World War II Blackwood was a fighter pilot and at the height of the Battle of Britain recalled looking down from 25,000 feet to see the firm's London office in Paternoster Row ablaze. Millions of books were lost in the fire and the destruction of Blackwood's base in the City of London marked the beginning of the firm's decline. He retired in 1976 and by 1980 the firm had amalgamated.See Annals of a Publishing House; William Blackwood and his Sons ... (1897–1898), the first two volumes of which were written by Mrs Oliphant; the third, dealing with John Blackwood, by his daughter, Mrs Gerald Porter.".
- William_Blackwood birthDate "1776-11-20".
- William_Blackwood birthPlace Edinburgh.
- William_Blackwood birthPlace Scotland.
- William_Blackwood birthYear "1776".
- William_Blackwood deathDate "1834-09-16".
- William_Blackwood deathYear "1834".
- William_Blackwood thumbnail William-Blackwood.jpg?width=300.
- William_Blackwood viafId "71247984".
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 11745-8.txt.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 12263-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 12511-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 12761-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 13062-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 13306-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 13633-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 13719-h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 8b32710h.htm.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageExternalLink 0-271-02179-9.html.
- William_Blackwood wikiPageID "206383".
- William_Blackwood wikiPageRevisionID "600748457".
- William_Blackwood dateOfBirth "1776-11-20".
- William_Blackwood dateOfDeath "1834-09-16".
- William_Blackwood hasPhotoCollection William_Blackwood.
- William_Blackwood name "Blackwood, William".
- William_Blackwood placeOfBirth Edinburgh.
- William_Blackwood placeOfBirth Scotland.
- William_Blackwood shortDescription "Scottish publisher".
- William_Blackwood description "Scottish publisher".
- William_Blackwood description "Scottish publisher".
- William_Blackwood subject Category:1776_births.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:1834_deaths.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:18th-century_Scottish_people.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:19th-century_Scottish_people.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:Blackwood's_Magazine.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:British_magazine_founders.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:Burials_at_Old_Calton_Cemetery.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:People_from_Edinburgh.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:Scottish_booksellers.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:Scottish_businesspeople.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:Scottish_printers.
- William_Blackwood subject Category:Scottish_publishers_(people).
- William_Blackwood type 18th-centuryScottishPeople.
- William_Blackwood type 19th-centuryScottishPeople.
- William_Blackwood type Bookseller109866473.
- William_Blackwood type Businessman109882007.
- William_Blackwood type Businessperson109882716.
- William_Blackwood type Capitalist109609232.
- William_Blackwood type CausalAgent100007347.
- William_Blackwood type LivingThing100004258.
- William_Blackwood type Object100002684.
- William_Blackwood type Organism100004475.
- William_Blackwood type Owner110388924.
- William_Blackwood type PeopleFromEdinburgh.
- William_Blackwood type Person100007846.
- William_Blackwood type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- William_Blackwood type Printer110475297.
- William_Blackwood type ScottishBooksellers.
- William_Blackwood type ScottishPrinters.
- William_Blackwood type SkilledWorker110605985.
- William_Blackwood type Whole100003553.
- William_Blackwood type Worker109632518.
- William_Blackwood type YagoLegalActor.
- William_Blackwood type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- William_Blackwood type Agent.
- William_Blackwood type Person.
- William_Blackwood type Person.
- William_Blackwood type Q215627.
- William_Blackwood type Q5.
- William_Blackwood type Agent.
- William_Blackwood type NaturalPerson.
- William_Blackwood type Thing.
- William_Blackwood type Person.
- William_Blackwood comment "William Blackwood (20 November 1776 – 16 September 1834) was a Scottish publisher who founded the firm of William Blackwood & Sons.Blackwood was born of humble parents in Edinburgh. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a firm of booksellers in Edinburgh, and he followed his calling also in Glasgow and London for several years. Returning to Edinburgh in 1804, he opened a shop in South Bridge Street for the sale of old, rare and curious books.".
- William_Blackwood label "William Blackwood".
- William_Blackwood label "William Blackwood".
- William_Blackwood label "William Blackwood".
- William_Blackwood sameAs William_Blackwood.
- William_Blackwood sameAs William_Blackwood.
- William_Blackwood sameAs m.01d8ky.
- William_Blackwood sameAs Q3568439.
- William_Blackwood sameAs Q3568439.
- William_Blackwood sameAs William_Blackwood.
- William_Blackwood wasDerivedFrom William_Blackwood?oldid=600748457.
- William_Blackwood depiction William-Blackwood.jpg.
- William_Blackwood givenName "William".
- William_Blackwood isPrimaryTopicOf William_Blackwood.
- William_Blackwood name "Blackwood, William".
- William_Blackwood name "William Blackwood".
- William_Blackwood surname "Blackwood".