Daniel MacMillan
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Daniel MacMillan (1813-1857; Scottish Gaelic: Dòmhnall MacMhaolain) was a Scottish publisher from the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
Daniel MacMillan was born in the Isle of Arran to a crofting family. Moving to London, he founded Macmillan Publishers, with his brother Alexander. [1][2]
Macmillan, with the recommendation of his brother Alexander, sent George Edward Brett to open the first American office in New York.[3]
His son, Maurice Crawford Macmillan (1853-1936) married Helen (Nellie) Artie Tarleton Belles (1856-1937), whose son Harold became British Prime Minister.
[edit] Additional Reading
Macmillan A Publishing Tradition by Elizabeth James 2002 ISBN 0-333-73517-X
- The House of Macmillan (1843-1943) by Charles Morgan
[edit] References
- ^ History
- ^ Crofter's Crop - TIME
- ^ Crocker, Samuel (1893). The Literary World. E. H. Hames and Company, 276.
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