Daniel MacMillan ( gd, Dòmhnall MacMhaolain; 13 September 1813 – 27 June 1857) was a
Scottish publisher from the
Isle of Arran
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,
Scotland
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. MacMillan was one of the co-founders of
Macmillan Publishers
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along with his brother
Alexander
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
in London.
Life
Daniel MacMillan was born on 13 September 1813 on the farm of Achog, just north of
Corrie on the
Isle of Arran
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, to a
crofting
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Within the 19th century townships, individual crofts were established on the bette ...
family. Moving to London, he founded
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publi ...
, with his brother
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
.
In 1833, he came to London to work for a Cambridge bookseller.
In 1844, he decided to expand into the publishing business.
Macmillan, with the recommendation of his brother
Alexander
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
, sent
George Edward Brett
George Edward Brett (1829–1890) opened the first American office of Macmillan Publishing called Macmillan & Co. of New York.
Career
Brett was assigned by Alexander Macmillan (publisher) to create the New York Office in August 1869. Brett was ...
to open the first American office in New York.
He died in
Cambridge
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on 27 June 1857.
He is buried in the
Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge.
Family
He married, on 4 September 1850, Frances, daughter of a Mr Orridge, a chemist in Cambridge.
They had two sons, Frederick (born 1851) and Maurice Crawford Macmillan (1853–1936). Maurice married Helen (Nellie) Artie Tarleton Belles (1856–1937), and their son
Maurice Harold Macmillan became
prime minister
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.
References
Further reading
*Elizabeth James ''Macmillan A Publishing Tradition'', 2002,
*Charles Morgan, ''The House of Macmillan (1843–1943)''
1813 births
1867 deaths
People from the Isle of Arran
19th-century Scottish people
Scottish book publishers (people)
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel MacMillan ( gd, Dòmhnall MacMhaolain; 13 September 1813 – 27 June 1857) was a Scottish publisher from the Isle of Arran, Scotland. MacMillan was one of the co-founders of Macmillan Publishers along with his brother Alexander in L ...
19th-century Scottish businesspeople
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