Macvey Napier
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| Born |
Napier Macvey 11 April 1776 Kirkintilloch |
| Died | 11 February 1847 (aged 70) Edinburgh |
| Alma mater |
University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Writer to the Signet, editor |
Macvey Napier (born Napier Macvey) FRSE FRS WS (11 April 1776, Kirkintilloch – 11 February 1847, Edinburgh) was a Scottish solicitor, legal scholar, and an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was Professor of Conveyancing at Edinburgh University.
Macvey was born on 12 April 1776 in Kirkintilloch the son of John Macvey a merchant in the town. His mother's maiden name was Napier.
He studied law first at Glasgow University then Edinburgh University before befriending the publisher Archibald Constable in 1798. Constable later asked Napier to write for the Edinburgh Review with articles beginning from 1805 and became an editor in 1814. He in turn recruited several eminent authorities to write in the sixth edition and its supplement, as well as in the 7th edition of the Britannica. He was editor of the Review from 1829.
From 1805 to 1837 he acted as Librarian to the Signet Library, the law library for Edinburgh solicitors.
From 1816 to 1824 he lectured in legal conveyancing (selling property) and in 1825 he became a professor of conveyancing at Edinburgh University.
He was inducted into the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge in 1817 In 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
In 1817 he had a very public fall out with Prof John Wilson in a series of letters published in Blackwood's Magazine under the title of Hypocricy Unveiled.
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