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Archibald David Constable (24 February 1774 – 21 July 1827) was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer. Life. Craigcrook Castle. Constable was born at Carnbee, Fife, son of the land steward to the Earl of Kellie. [1] In 1788 Archibald was apprenticed to Peter Hill, an Edinburgh bookseller, based on the Royal Mile south of the Mercat Cross.
Archibald Constable (born Feb. 24, 1774, Carnbee, Fife, Scot.—died July 21, 1827, Edinburgh) was the most gifted bookseller-publisher of Edinburgh’s Augustan Age and, for a decade, owner of Encyclopædia Britannica.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Archibald Constable, bookseller and freeman, from 3 Park Place died on 21 July 1827 of a dropsy. The entry in the Old Parish Register for Leith South gives the date of burial as...
Archibald Constable. (1774—1827) publisher. Quick Reference. (1774–1827), a Scots publisher who published most of Scott's early work. He established the Edinburgh Review in 1802, and bought the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1812. Yet in 1826 he went bankrupt, heavily involving Scott in his debts.
Constable & Co. was founded in 1795 by Archibald Constable, and became Sir Walter Scott's publisher. In 1897, Constable released the most famous horror novel ever published, Bram Stoker 's The Un-Dead , albeit with a last-minute title change to Dracula .
Constable, Archibald (1774–1827). Publisher. Son of the earl of Kellie's land steward and apprenticed to Peter Hill, an Edinburgh bookseller, Constable soon established himself independently. Source for information on Constable, Archibald: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
In August, 1823, Constable had informed Maria Edgeworth, the influential novelist and author of children’s books, with whom, thanks to Scott, he entertained friendly relations and a correspondence, of his plans for an “Elementary Encyclopaedia for Youth.”.
