About Andrew Reid
Andrew Reid was a British editor, author, translator and musician.
Andrew Reid (died ) was a Scottish writer.
Life Reid moved to London, probably about 1720, and interested himself in literary and scientific subjects. In 1728, he launched The Present State of the Republick of Letters, a periodical which he edited until 1736, when it ceased; two volumes appeared each year. An influence on the publication was the earlier editor Michel de La Roche.
Reid attended James Thomson in his last illness, in 1748. It is presumed that he died in 1767.
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Andrew Reid was an editor, author, translator and musician.
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