NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Chambers, William, 1800-1883 NRA: Chambers, William (1800-1883), publisher DNB: Chambers, William (1800–1883), publisher LBT ID: WiChamb1883 VIAF ID: 32051544 LOC ID: n50035694 | B/BAP: 1800 DIED: 1883-05-20 |
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Edinburgh bookseller and publisher; he opened his shop in 1819, and with his younger
brother Robert projected Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (1832) and Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1860-68). | |