0RL 00000nz 22000003 45 001 cni00057098 100 $a20140314xmuly50 ba 110 $a0 210 1$aOliphant$bWilliam$rpublisher$rEdinburgh$cUK$5NLS-SBTI 290 $aEdin Dir 290 $aPigot 1820; 1825; 1837 290 $a“Biographical Sketch of the late William Oliphant Esq., publisher, Edinburgh”. [Edinburgh, 1860] 300 1$8eng$aWilliam 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. 340 11$8eng$a1818-1860$xa1818a1860 350 1$0acti$8eng$apublisher 350 1$0acti$8eng$apublishers$z1847-1860 510 1$0ex:hasRelatedEntity$aWilliam Oliphant$z1818-1832$8eng$n22 South Bridge, **Edinburgh$9sbti:confirm related 510 1$0ex:hasRelatedEntity$aWilliam Oliphant & Son$z1836-1846$8eng$n*7 South Bridge, **Edinburgh$9sbti:add record link 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$3cnl00026636 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$d7 South Bridge$z1833-1835$3cnl00026636 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$d*7 South Bridge$z1847-1860$3cnl00026636 801 $aUK$bNLS-SBTI$c20080207 830 $aSBTI original entry: OLIPHANT, William Edinburgh 830 $aWarning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution. 856 $nhttp://www.nls.uk/$uhttp://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index$8eng$zScottish Book Trade Index online (list) 998 $a20140314$b12:00:00