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Robert Foulis

Scottish printer
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April 20, 1707, Glasgow
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June 2, 1776, Edinburgh (aged 69)
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Robert Foulis (born April 20, 1707, Glasgow—died June 2, 1776, Edinburgh) was a Scottish printer whose work had considerable influence on the bookmakers of his time. Foulis was the son of a brewer and qualified as a master barber. While working at that trade, he attended the lectures of the philosopher Francis Hutcheson at the University of Glasgow. Hutcheson befriended him and encouraged him to take up the trade of printing and bookselling. In 1738 and 1739 Foulis and his brother Andrew visited France, returning each time with books which they sold at a profit in London. Robert began selling ...(100 of 320 words)

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