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CHAMBERS OF GLENORMISTON, SIR WILLIAM. 16/04/1800-20/05/1883. Ref: 298. Male.
- Titles and British Honours: Knight(1881).
- Place of Birth: Peebles.
- Place of interment: Peebles Cemy.
- Profession: Publisher.
- Appointments Held: 1819 Bookseller & Printer, Edinburgh; Founder & Managing Partner of W & R Chambers, Publisher, Edinburgh; Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1865-69.
- Training: Apprenticed 1813-18 to an Edinburgh bookseller.
- Postgraduate Studies: LL.D(St Andrews 1863, Edinburgh 1872).
- Mother: Jean Gibson.
- Siblings: Robert Chambers FRSE 1802-71.
- Other Family: Uncle of Robert Chambers FRSE 1832-88.
- References: DNB 10, 1887, 27-9; Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 14, 1886-7, (143-5); TB Whitson, "The Lord Provosts of Edinburgh 1296-1932", 1932. 127-8, (Portrait); W P Anderson 1931, 711.
- Date of Election: 17/04/1860.
- Proposers: John Schank More (Billet 19/3/1860, 2/4/1860).
- Notes: With Henry Littlejohn carried out the first great slum clearance in Edinburgh.
- Fellow Type: OF.
SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 174
Other References
- Wikipedia contributors. "William Chambers (publisher)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
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William Chambers of Glenormiston's Timeline
| 1800 |
April 16, 1800
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Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| 1883 |
May 20, 1883
Age 83
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