Edinburgh bookseller; he began business 1804 and for a time was John Murray's Scottish agent. He launched Blackwood's Magazine in 1817.

CORRESPONDENCE OF William Blackwood:

William Blackwood to John Murray, 12 April 1816 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

James Ballantyne to William Blackwood, 28 August 1816 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Blackwood to John Murray, 2 October 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

John Murray to William Blackwood, 27 October 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

John Murray to William Blackwood, 27 November 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Blackwood to Cyrus Redding, [22 March 1823] in Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858)

William Blackwood to William Jerdan, [1824?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

William Blackwood to William Jerdan, [May 1831?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)