William Laing

(1764-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Laing, William, 1764-1832 DNB: Laing, William (1764–1832), bookseller and publisher LBT ID: WiLaing1832 VIAF ID: 59039955 LOC ID: nr2005019800	B/BAP: 1764-07-20 DIED: 1832-04-10
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Edinburgh bookseller who specialized in antiquarian and foreign books; he was the father of the bookseller and antiquary David Laing.
REFERENCES TO William Laing: John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 29 November 1815 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, “Notices to Correspondents” in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 2 (March 1818) np Verse 2: p. p. Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 4: 1815-17 Found 1: ¶ 2 Chapter 8: 1819-20 Found 1: ¶ 26