Colin Macfarquhar

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encyclopedist human printer publisher

Colin Macfarquhar was an 18th-century Scottish printer and publisher best known for co-founding the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Label	Occurrences
Colin Macfarquhar canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	encyclopedist ⓘ human ⓘ printer ⓘ publisher ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1793 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1760s ⓘ
businessPartner	Andrew Bell ⓘ William Smellie ⓘ
causeOfDeath	asthma (reported) ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
coFounded	Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
coFounderWith	Andrew Bell ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 1744 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1793 ⓘ
employer	Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish ⓘ
familyName	Macfarquhar ⓘ
fieldOfWork	printing ⓘ publishing ⓘ reference works ⓘ
genre	encyclopedias ⓘ
givenName	Colin ⓘ
hasRole	publisher of the first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ publisher of the second edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
knownFor	co-founding the Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ
name	Colin Macfarquhar self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
occupation	encyclopedist ⓘ printer ⓘ publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Edinburgh ⓘ
printed	first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ second edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
residence	Edinburgh ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Edinburgh ⓘ

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Encyclopaedia Britannica → founder → Colin Macfarquhar ⓘ

Colin Macfarquhar → name → Colin Macfarquhar self-link ⓘ