Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)

Alexander Arbuthnot
Alexander Arbuthnot printer's device, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
Died	1 September 1585
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation	Printer
Spouse	Agnes Pennycuik
Parent(s)	John Arbuthnot, Sr

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[edit]

He printed the first edition of George Buchanan's first History of Scotland in 1582.^[1] He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.^[2]

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

• Arbuthnot, Mrs P S-M (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin.
• Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1908). The Scots Peerage. founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland'.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arbuthnot, Alexander". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links[edit]

• Arbuthnot family tree^[usurped]