Claim: Macvey Napier, editor of the review from 1829, acted as Librarian to the law library for law scholars, Signet Library.
Evidence: Macvey Napier (born Napier Macvey) FRSE FRS WS (11 April 1776 – 11 February 1847) was a Scottish solicitor, legal scholar, and an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was editor of the Review from 1829. From 1805 to 1837 he acted as Librarian to the Signet Library, the law library for Edinburgh solicitors. Napier Macvey
11 April 1776
Kirkintilloch Writer to the Signet, editor