Alexander Donaldson

(1727-1794)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Donaldson, Alexander (bap. 1727, d. 1794), bookseller and printer LBT ID: AlDonal1794 VIAF ID: 19731126	B/BAP: 1727-11-24 DIED: 1794-03-11
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Edinburgh bookseller who moved to London in 1763 and provoked the legal battle that in 1774 resulted in the final abolition of perpetual copyright.
REFERENCES TO Alexander Donaldson: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXVII. Found 1: ¶ 2