page_title: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a family tree of the Oliphant family associated with the publishing firm, Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier. All members of the family mentioned here are long dead, and the information is compiled from births, deaths and marriages information publically available at the General Register Office for Scotland, ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh.
context_page_description: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier was a Scottish publishing company based in the national capital Edinburgh.
  It produced many hundreds of books mainly on religious and biographical themes, especially during its heyday from about 1880 to 1910. It is probably best remembered for its memorable ‘Famous Scots Series’ with their distinctive red and gilt covers. Forty-two of them were published from 1896 to 1905 and many have been reprinted recently by other publishers. The firm also published the works of Annie S. Swan, a very popular writer in her time. It existed in some form from 1807 to 1968. It was incorporated as ‘Oliphants Ltd’ in 1915 and taken over by the publishers, Marshall, Morgan & Scott in 1946. Oliphants Ltd was voluntarily liquidated without debt in 1968.
context_section_description: William Oliphant: The firm originated with William Oliphant (1773–1842) as a bookseller in 1807. He had been apprenticed with William Creech, the publisher of Robert Burns’ poems and began his publishing business in 1818 with juvenile books. He was apparently still selling books as there exists a catalogue of 1823 which offers a variety of religious books for sale.  In 1830, Oliphant took his sons into partnership and the firm was renamed ‘W. Oliphant & Sons’. William Oliphant died in 1842 and he was succeeded by his son William (1807–1860) who continued the business successfully till 1858 when ill-health forced him to take on two partners, Robert Anderson and Thomas Robertson, who ran the business under the name of 'W. Oliphant & Co.'
  Addresses
  1807 - Oliphant and Brown, booksellers, High Stree
  1808 – Oliphant and Brown, 2 Hunter Square
  1809-10 – Oliphant and Balfour, booksellers, 2 Hunter Square
  1811-17 – Oliphant, Waugh and Innes, booksellers, same address
  1818-32 – William Oliphant, 22 South Bridge
  1833-35 – William Oliphant, 7 South Bridge
  1836-60 – William Oliphant & Son, 7 South Bridge
  1861-71 – William Oliphant & Co., 7 South Bridge
  1872-74 – William Oliphant & Co., 57 Frederick Street
  1875-80 - William Oliphant & Co., 24 St. Giles Street, and 35-37 St. Mary Street
  1880 onwards – Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier
caption: This family tree is compiled from births, deaths and marriages information available at the General Register Office for Scotland, ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh.
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