Thomson Bonar

Thomson Bonar (* 1738 ko 1739, † 25 Yuli 1814) ya kasance mai sayar da ruwan inabi wanda ya auri Elizabeth, 'yar mai zane Andrew Bell,  wanda ya kafa Encyclopædia Britannica tare da Colin Macfarquhar .

Bonar ya sayar da bugu na 3 zuwa 5 na Britannica, kuma ya samar da kari ga bugu na 3  Bonar ya riƙe haƙƙin mallaka don wannan kari, wanda ya nemi adadi mai yawa (20,000 fam sterling) a cikin bugu na gaba, kodayake an ba shi kaɗan (100-200 fam). Bonar ya kasance abokantaka ga marubutan labarin, kuma ya gabatar da manufofin biyan su da masu bita na labarin, da kuma ba su damar riƙe haƙƙin mallaka don buga aikin su daban.

Bonar ya yi jayayya da surukinsa, Andrew Bell, kuma maza biyu ba su yi magana daga 1799 zuwa 1809, lokacin da Bell ya mutu ba. Wanda ya gaji Bell, Archibald Constable, ya sayi haƙƙin mallaka na Bonar don fitowar ta 5 kuma ya riƙe shi a matsayin abokin tarayya na Britannica

Thomson ya mutu a ranar 25 ga Yuli 1814, yana da shekaru 75. An binne shi a yankin arewacin St Cuthberts Churchyard a Edinburgh . Dutse ya koma kan hanyar shiga daga Princes Street. An binne jikansa mai suna (1799-1861) tare da shi.

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