Daniel Lizars Sr.

He was born in Portsburgh, off the Grassmarket in south-west Edinburgh in 1754, the second son of James Lizars, a shoemaker.

[2] He set up a printworks at the Backstairs on Parliament Close, near to St Giles Cathedral.

In 1798 he apprenticed George Bartholmew, father of the map-making company John Bartholomew and Son Ltd.[3] He lived his final years at 7 Duke Street in Edinburgh's New Town.

[5] He is buried in St Cuthberts Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street Gardens in central Edinburgh.

The grave lies on the raised ground immediately south-west of the church.