Alexander Russell
(newspaper office; Edinburgh)
HeadingAlexander Russell (newspaper office; Edinburgh) [NLS-SBTI]
Dates of Activity1846-1876
Activity Notenewspaper office
General NoteSon of John Russel, a solicitor practising in Edinburgh and Mary Somerville, Alexander Russel was born in Edinburgh 10 December 1814. He was apprenticed as a printer to William Tait of “Tait's Magazine” in Edinburgh. He became editor of “The Berwick Advertiser” in 1839. In 1842 he moved to Cupar as editor of “The Fife Herald”, and remained there until the end of 1844. He then took charge of a Liberal paper that had been started at Kilmarnock. He had been there only a few months when he was offered the assistant editorship of “The Scotsman”. In March 1845 therefore he returned to Edinburgh. In fact from the end of 1845, Mr Charles Maclaren, the editor of “The Scotsman” ceased to act as editor, though he did not formally give up the post until January 1849. He was a keen angler. He was twice married, to a Miss M'William and afterwards to Mrs Evans, who survived him. He had two sons. He died 18 July 1876.
See Also the Scotsman Office, (1846)
21 Gardner's Crescent, **Edinburgh ; company/employer
Variant NameAlexander RUSSEL
Alexander Russel (Edinburgh), (1876) [Edin Dir]
SourceEdin Dir
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