Andrew Millar

Standard Name: Millar, Andrew

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Material Conditions of Writing Charlotte Lennox
CL performed this difficult task under pressure of financial need. Her husband helped by compiling the index. When she had finished the work she appealed to Andrew Millar for support: Alexander spent three weeks hiding...
Publishing Frances Sheridan
In Garrick 's absence in France, it was produced by George Colman .
Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. The Plays of Frances Sheridan, edited by Richard Hogan and Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware Press, 1984, pp. 13-35.
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It ran for only three nights, though after the first performance FS hastily rewrote passages in act four. The meagre single...
Textual Production Sarah Fielding
SF 's The History of the Countess of Dellwyn was published in an edition of a thousand copies by Andrew Millar , and printed by Samuel Richardson .
Sabor, Peter, and Sarah Fielding. “Introduction”. The Adventures of David Simple and Volume the Last, University Press of Kentucky, 1998, p. vii - xli.
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Textual Production Sarah Scott
SS changed her publisher back to MillarAndrew Millar for The History of Sir George Ellison, a sequel to Millenium Hall.
Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv.
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Timeline

1729: The publisher Andrew Millar, a Scotsman,...

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1729

The publisher Andrew Millar , a Scotsman, established his printing house at 141 The Strand, London.
Bracken, James K., and Joel Silver, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 154. Gale Research, 1995.
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About 1739: The young Scotsman William Strahan became...

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About 1739

The young Scotsman William Strahan became a partner in the publishing firm of his compatriot Andrew Millar .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1767: The elder Thomas Cadell took over Andrew...

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1767

The elder Thomas Cadell took over Andrew Millar 's publishing firm on Millar's retirement.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
His customary label as the elder is confusing: he had an uncle of the same name who was one of the...

20 April 1769: In Millar vs. Taylor the Court of King's...

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20 April 1769

In Millar vs. Taylor the Court of King's Bench confirmed the continuing existence of perpetual copyright: a decision overturned five years later by Donaldson vs. Becket.
Ross, Trevor. “Copyright and the Invention of Tradition”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1992, pp. 1-27.
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