Macvey Napier

Macvey Napier (born Napier Macvey^[1]) FRS FRSE (11 April 1776 in Kirkintilloch - 11 February 1847 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish lawyer and an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica. A hard-working scholar in his youth, he was recruited by Archibald Constable. He in turn recruited several eminent authorities to write in the fifth edition and its supplement, as well as in the 7th edition of the Britannica.^{[citation needed]}

Napier studied at the University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh, and became a professor of conveyancing at the latter university. He was inducted into the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge in 1817 ^[2]

Works

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• Napier, Macvey (1853). Lord Bacon and Sir Walter Raleigh. Macmillan and co. 

References

1. ^ Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780902198845. http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 
2. ^ Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007

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Name	Napier, Macvey
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Date of birth	11 April 1776
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Date of death	11 February 1847
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