William Creech

William Creech FRSE (12 May 1745 – 14 January 1815[1]) was a Scottish publisher, printer, bookseller and politician.

He published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems, and Sir John Sinclair's influential "Statistical Accounts of Scotland".

[2] Creer was the son of Mary Buley and Rev William Creech, a minister in Newbattle, Midlothian.

After period of time back in Edinburgh he went on a Grand Tour in 1770 with Lord Kilmaurs, visiting France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Kincaid was a publisher (and later Lord Provost of Edinburgh) who had purchased Allan Ramsay's bookshop in the Luckenbooths next to St. Giles Cathedral.

[10] Creech's land (his shop) was demolished in 1817 to allow vehicles to pass on the north side of St Giles Cathedral.

The most notable are: Due to Creech's position and standing he held a unique and pivotal role within the Scottish Enlightenment and had both business relationships and friendships with many of the Edinburgh literati.