page_title: William Creech
hierarchical_section_title: William Creech
caption_attribution_description: English: William Creech (1745-1815), a Scottish publisher and bookseller oil on canvas 127 x 101.5 cm
context_page_description: William Creech FRSE was a Scottish publisher, printer, bookseller and politician. For 40 years Creech was the chief publisher in Edinburgh. He published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems, and Sir John Sinclair's influential "Statistical Accounts of Scotland". In publishing Creech often went under the pseudonym of Theophrastus.
context_section_description: William Creech FRSE (12 May 1745 – 14 January 1815) was a Scottish publisher, printer, bookseller and politician. For 40 years Creech was the chief publisher in Edinburgh. He published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems, and Sir John Sinclair's influential "Statistical Accounts of Scotland". In publishing Creech often went under the pseudonym of Theophrastus.
caption: William Creech (1745-1815) (attributed to William Beechey)
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