William Creech

William Creech (12 May 1745–14 January 1815 ["ODNB"; "Annual Register", 1815. cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858 gives the death date as 1 January 1815.] ) was a Scottish bookseller.

For 40 years Creech was the chief publisher in Edinburgh. He published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems.

In 1788 he was a member of the jury in Deacon William Brodie's trial for robbery. Within days, his account of the trial and execution was for sale in his High Street bookshop. He served as Edinburgh's Lord Provost from 1811 to 1813.

He is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. A plaque to his, and his father's, memory can be seen at Newbattle Kirk.

Notes

References

*Barbara M. Benedict, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6662 ‘Creech, William (1745–1815)’] , "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 24 July 2008