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_id: cni00057098
_rights:
  delete: 0
  edit: 0
data:
  actDates:
    - end: 1860
      lang: eng
      start: 1818
      text: 1818-1860
  actNote:
    - intro: acti
      lang: eng
      text: publisher
    - end: 1860
      intro: acti
      lang: eng
      start: 1847
      text: publishers
  extDataset: []
  extResource:
    - display: http://www.nls.uk/
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
      url: http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index
  external:
    - auth: NLS-SBTI
      country: UK
      date: 20080207
  foundIn:
    - 'Edin Dir '
    - Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837
    - '“Biographical Sketch of the late William Oliphant Esq., publisher, Edinburgh”. [Edinburgh, 1860]'
  generalNote:
    - lang: eng
      text: 'William Oliphant was the son of William Oliphant, bookseller and Mary Irvine. He was born on 14 January 1807; educated at Edinburgh High School and Edinburgh University. He learnt the trade with his father, and afterwards for a year with Mr Curry of Dublin. In 1831 he went into partnership with his father. He married, in 1841, Martha, only daughter of James Marshall, merchant of Glasgow, but they had no children. After the death of his father in 1842, and of his younger brother, Walter, who had also entered the business, in 1846, he remained sole partner in the business until about 1858. At that point his own ill-health caused him to take two partners [perhaps Robert Anderson and J.S. Ferrier]. He was interested in science, and was Secretary and Treasurer at different times of The Royal Physical Society. He also was a Justice of the Peace for the City of Edinburgh.'
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Oliphant
        - firstname: William
        - addition: publisher
        - addition: Edinburgh
      usedBy:
        - NLS-SBTI
  location:
    point: {}
  place:
    - id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - end: 1835
      id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
        - address: 7 South Bridge
      start: 1833
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - end: 1860
      id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
        - address: '*7 South Bridge'
      start: 1847
      typeOfPlace: actv
  related:
    - end: 1832
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: '22 South Bridge, **Edinburgh'
      part:
        - entry: William Oliphant
      start: 1818
      tmp: sbti:confirm related
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
    - end: 1846
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: '*7 South Bridge, **Edinburgh'
      part:
        - entry: William Oliphant & Son
      start: 1836
      tmp: sbti:add record link
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-03-14T12:00:00Z
  remark:
    - 'SBTI original entry: OLIPHANT, William  Edinburgh'
    - 'Warning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution.'
  status: n