On January 14th 1815 the Scottish publisher, printer, bookseller and politician William Creech died.
William was the son of Rev William Creech, a minister in Newbattle, Midlothian and his wife, Mary Buley. His father died when he was four months old and William spent time with his mother in both Perth and Dalkeith. He was educated at Dalkeith Grammar School then studied medicine at Edinburgh University.
Despite his mother’s wishes for him to continue at the university, Creech took a position in Alexander Kincaid’s printing business. In 1773, Kincaid retired and Creech took over, continuing a shop in the ‘Luckenbooths’ where he also resided for most of his life.
The Luckenbooths or 'locked booths' were a row of 7 buildings built around 1460 next to St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile. Originally, they housed only goldsmiths and jewellers but later included other trades. In the late 18th century, William Creech lived and had a shop here where he held his famous ‘levees’, or parties.
It became a favourite haunt of Edinburgh’s literati and visitors such as the poet John Gay and the author Tobias Smollett gathered there to exchange news and gossip and observe the activities around the site of the Cross beneath the window.
The Luckenbooths together with the Old Tolbooth were demolished in 1817, opening up the High Street and removing the obstructions of which so many of the visitors to the City complained.
Creech and Robert Burns had a chequered relationship. On the one hand, Creech began Burns’ career, being the first to publish the poems that would become integral to Scottish identity. On the other, Creech famously refused to pay Burns for his part of the sales and copyright. The image of the poet is from Creech’s Inventory of Books, Creech was selling multiple editions of Burns’ poems up until his death.
William Creech owned and rented other buildings within Edinburgh. The Luckenbooths were too small to house the actual publishing process and the amount of books that were being published. Several papers in the Central Library’s collection indicate that he had warehouses in Craig’s Close and the Back Stairs, both closes near the Royal Mile.
Creech's personal writing gives an indication of his character. In his travel journal, he gives a critique of the fashions of the women of Rouen:
'From that I traversed the different streets, met several of the ladies - very handsome & well lookt - draped in long robes to the feet. The head dress of the common people - that is the women is very remarkable & ugly'.
Perhaps you recall some of my posts regarding Deacon Brodie, I told you that William Creech served as a jurist on the trial, eventually writing and publishing his own musings, which I quoted passages from.
In his later years, and possibly to meet the grandeur of his status, Creech moved to the affluent New Town in November of 1804. His house, number 5 George Street, is no longer standing, hee resided there until his death.
William Creech died a bachelor in 1815 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. His grave sits among the many great of Edinburgh society in Greyfriars Kirkyard. It is a rather understated, simple headstone with just his name and some of his accomplishments including his status as Lord Provost to which he was elected in 1811
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Clemens Schick (1972) - Barcelona-Krimi: Blutiger Beton.
Chris Messina (1974) - Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey.
Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981) English, East Indian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Khoisan, Ashkenazi Jewish - Lucifer.
Miyavi (1981) Japanese / Korean-Japanese.
Nyla Rose (1982) Oneida / African-American - is a trans woman.
Riz Ahmed (1982) Pakistani - Sound of Metal.
Levy Tran (1983) Vietnamese.
Richard Cabral (1984) Mexican.
Asia Kate Dillon (1984) Ashkenazi Jewish / Unspecified - non-binary and pansexual (they/them).
Jaimie Alexander (1984) - Blindspot.
Clayton Cardenas (1985) Mexican and Filipino.
Deepika Padukone (1986) Konkani Indian - XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
Maika Harper (1986) Inuit - Mohawk Girls.
Kali Reis (1986) Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Cherokee, and Cape Verdean - is Two-Spirit (she/her) and queer.
Diane Guerrero (1986) Colombian - Doom Patrol.
Jurnee Smollett (1986) African-American, possibly other / Ashkenazi Jewish - in Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, The Twilight Zone.
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Ritu Arya (1988) Indian - The Umbrella Academy, Humans.
Macarena García (1988) - Pesar De Todo.
Nico Tortorella (1988) - is non-binary (any pronouns), poly and demisexual.
Mae Whitman (1988) - pansexual - Jack.
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Tóc Tiên (1989) Vietnamese - Furies.
Rob Raco (1989) - Riverdale.
Hannah John-Kamen (1989) Nigerian / Norwegian - Killjoys.
Úrsula Corberó (1989) - Money Heist, Snake Eyes.
Tom Maden (1989) French, Belgian [Walloon], Portuguese, Afro Caribbean, African-American, English, German - Lifeline.
Chang Ryul / Yull Jang (1989) Korean - My Name.
Yamada Yuki (1990) Japanese - Tokyo Revengers.
Eric Graise (1990) African-American - is a bilateral amputee - Queer as Folk.
Oliver Stark (1991) - MindGamers.
Ryan Sitkowski (1991)
Vico Ortiz (1991) Puerto Rican - non-binary (they/them) and poly.
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Joseph Quinn (1993) - Stranger Things.
Yves Mathieu East (1994) Afro Asian - is queer.
Emma Dumont (1994) - The Gifted.
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Lina Ahn (1994) Korean.
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Ashton Sanders (1995) African-American - Native Son.
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Rhea Ripley (1996)
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Do Han-se (1997) Korean.
Evan Mock (1997) Bisaya Filipino / White.
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Murakami Nijiro (1997) Japanese - Alice in Borderland.
Bahar Sahin (1997) Turkish - Duran.
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Brianne Tju (1998) Chinese, Indonesian - High School.
Fin Argus (1998) - genderqueer (they/them).
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Quannah Chasinghorse (2002) Hän, Gwich’in, Sicangu Oyate Lakota Sioux, and Oglala Lakota Sioux.
CG (?) Black - non-binary (they/them) - Queer as Folk.
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