Daniel Macmillan
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Daniel Macmillan

Scottish publisher (1813–1857)

Daniel MacMillan (Scottish Gaelic: 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 London.2

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Born Sep 13, 1813, died Jun 26, 1857.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: businessperson, publisher, editor.4

Personal life

  • BornSep 13, 1813, Corrie5
  • DiedJun 26, 1857, Cambridge6
  • SpouseFrances Eliza Orridge married 18507

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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