William Creech
William Creech | |
|---|---|
William Creech by Sir Henry Raeburn 1806 | |
| Lord Provost of Edinburgh | |
| In office 1811–1813 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1745 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | January 14, 1815 (aged 69) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Resting place | Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Publisher, printer, bookseller, politician |
| Known for | Chief publisher in Edinburgh; published first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns’ poems |
William Creech FRSE (12 May 1745 – 14 January 1815) was a Scottish publisher, printer, bookseller and politician. For 40 years Creech was the chief publisher in Edinburgh. He published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems, and Sir John Sinclair's influential "Statistical Accounts of Scotland". In publishing Creech often went under the pseudonym of Theophrastus.