Alexander Donaldson (mai sayar da littattafai)

Alexander Donaldson (1727 - 11 Maris 1794)  ya kasance mai sayar da littattafai na Scotland, mai bugawa, kuma mai bugawa. Donaldson shine wanda ya kafa jaridar mako-mako, Edinburgh Advertiser .  An kuma san shi da sayar da littattafai masu arha bayan haƙƙin mallaka sun ƙare ba tare da la'akari da ra'ayoyin masu sayar da littattafan London game da dukiyar wallafe-wallafen ba.

 Shekaru na farko 
Donaldson ɗan Dokta James Donaldson ne (ya mutu a shekara ta 1754), mai ƙera masana'antu kuma mai ba da kuɗi na Edinburgh. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Elizabeth Weir (ta mutu a shekara ta 1768). Yana da babban ɗan'uwa, John .  Kakan mahaifinsa shi ne Capt. James Donaldson, mai wallafa The Edinburgh Gazette .  Donaldson ya gaji kusan £ 10,000 daga mahaifinsa.

A shekara ta 1748, ya bude kantin sayar da littattafai a Edinburgh. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta 1750, an sanya shi Burgess da Guild Brother na Edinburgh "Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI)". nls.uk. National Library of Scotland. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2010. ta hanyar mahaifinsa maimakon koyo. Ya auri 'yar wani dan kasuwa, Anna Marshall, a ranar 10 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1751 kuma mai yiwuwa ya sami sadaki mai yawa.

 Ayyuka 
Da yake yana da ƙarfin kuɗi, Donaldson ya zama ƙaramin abokin tarayya na Alexander Kincaid daga 1751–58.  A shekararsa ta farko, Kincaid & Donaldson sun buga Rubutun Dr. Francis Home akan Abubuwan da ke Ciki da Kyawawan Abubuwan Dunse-Spaw da kuma Rubutun Henry Home akan Ka'idojin Ɗabi'a da Addinin Halitta . A shekarar 1752, Kincaid & Donaldson shine kaɗai mawallafin littafin David Hume na Siyasa .  Bayan Donaldson ya bar Kincaid, shigarsa cikin sabbin littattafan Scottish Enlightenment ta ƙare, ban da hulɗarsa da James Boswell .  Kincaid ya ci gaba da zama Lord Provost na Edinburgh . [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

Donaldson ya shiga kamfanin buga littattafai na Sands Donaldson Murray & Cochran a cikin 1755-1759.  Ya yi aiki tare da John Reid a Castlehill daga 1760 har zuwa 1765. A watan Janairun shekara ta 1764, sun fara bugawa da buga Edinburgh Advertiser, kodayake Reid ya kasance tare da jaridar kasa da shekara guda. Donaldson ya ci gaba da sayar da littattafai aƙalla biyu yayin da yake buga Mai tallatawa sau biyu a mako, ɗayan yana Strand, London, ɗayan kuma a Edinburgh.

Daga 1765 har zuwa 1772, yana da shago a Castlehill . Donaldson da ɗan'uwansa John suma suna da kantin sayar da littattafai a London, suna sayar da littattafan da aka buga a Scotland har zuwa Yuli 1773 lokacin da John ya kasance a shagon Arundel Street, kuma Alexander ya koma St Paul's Churchyard. A shekara ta 1774, bayan shekaru goma yana bugawa da buga Edinburgh Advertiser, Donaldson ya mika shi ga ɗansa mai shekaru 22, James.

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