Adam Black

(1784-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Black, Adam, 1784-1874 NRA: Black, Adam (1784-1874), publisher DNB: Black, Adam (1784-1874), publisher and politician LBT ID: AdBlack1874 VIAF ID: 39268715 LOC ID: nr95027072	B/BAP: 1784-02-20 DIED: 1874-01-24
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Edinburgh publisher and MP who purchased the Encyclopedia Britannica from Constable and later acquired the rights to the works of Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO Adam Black: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 2: Childhood Found 1: ¶ n1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter XI. Found 1: ¶ n1 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 17: 1837-39 Found 1: ¶ 75