Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)
# Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)

Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1 September 1585) was an early printer in Edinburgh, Scotland, the fourth son of John Arbuthnot Sr in Portertown and of Legasland.

## Life

He printed the first edition of George Buchanan's first History of Scotland in 1582. He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Chisholm 1911.
* ↑ The Scots Peerage
