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John Catnach (1769–1813) was a Scottish born Geordie printer and publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. == Early life == John Catnach was born in Burntisland, a former Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland in 1769. His father was the possessor of some Powder mills. He started work as a bound apprentice to his uncle, Sandy Robinson.,〔 a printer in Edinburgh, and on completion of his apprenticeship, moved to Berwick-upon-Tweed in the late 1780s where he founded his own printing business, and then moving on to Alnwick a couple of years later, where he continued his print-shop. The work produced by Catnach’s business was of very high quality, and at an early stage employed Thomas Bewick to provide the engraving works. Unfortunately John Catnach himself was not a businessman. He was declared bankrupt in 1801 and a sale of assets took place, the assets including about 1200 books were auctioned at Alnwick Town Hall on 2 March 1802, hence the sale advertised in a hand-bill, a rare copy of which is now in the National Library of Scotland He managed to re- start in business and in 1807 he took an 2 apprentices, one was his son James, and another was a lad named Mark Smith,〔 (see later); a few months afterwards he entered into partnership with William Davison to form Catnach and Davison. Unfortunately this partnership did not appear to work, as lasted not more than 2 years, after which it was dissolved. .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Catnach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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