Alexander Arbuthnot
16th-century Scottish printer
About Alexander Arbuthnot
Alexander Arbuthnot was a British.
Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1 September 1585) was an early printer in Edinburgh, Scotland, the fourth son of John Arbuthnot Sr in Portertown and of Legasland.
Life He printed the first edition of George Buchanan's first History of Scotland in 1582. He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.
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Who was Alexander Arbuthnot?
16th-century Scottish printer
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Alexander Arbuthnot died on 1 September 1585.
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