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Macvey Napier (born Napier Macvey) (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. ==Life== 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.〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf〕 He studied law first at Glasgow University then Edinburgh University before befriending the publisher Archibald Constable in 1798.〔http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-446〕 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.〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography〕 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 1824 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 〔(Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007 )〕 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''.〔http://lordbyron.cath.lib.vt.edu/doc.php?choose=MaNapie.1818.BM.xml〕 In the 1830s he is listed as living and operating from 39 Castle Street in Edinburgh's New Town. The property is a complex 3 storey townhouse within an elegant four storey and attic block. It had the very notable claim to fame as previously having been the home of Sir Walter Scott.〔http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83401287&mode=transcription〕 He died in Edinburgh on 11 February 1847 and is buried in St John's Episcopal Churchyard at the east end of Princes Street.〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf〕 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「Macvey Napier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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