Blackie and Son

Scottish publishing house
Organization publishing_house Q1938327
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Blackie and Son

Summary

Blackie and Son is a publishing house[1]. It draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #143 of 994).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blackie and Son is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Blackie and Son's instance of is recorded as publishing house[4].
  • Blackie and Son's instance of is recorded as editor[5].
  • Blackie and Son's founder is recorded as John Blackie[6].
  • Blackie and Son's headquarters location is recorded as Glasgow[7].
  • Blackie and Son's Commons category is recorded as Blackie and Son[8].
  • 1809 marks the founding of Blackie and Son[9].
  • Blackie and Son was dissolved in 1991[10].
  • Blackie and Son's described by source is recorded as Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers[11].
  • Blackie and Son's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries Dibner Library portraits[12].
  • Blackie and Son's has works in the collection is recorded as National Portrait Gallery[13].
  • Blackie and Son's has works in the collection is recorded as Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[14].

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Founding

Blackie and Son's founder is recorded as John Blackie[6]. 1809 marks the founding of it[9].

Operations

Blackie and Son's headquarters location is recorded as Glasgow[7].

Dissolution

Blackie and Son was dissolved in 1991[10].

Why It Matters

Blackie and Son draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #143 of 994).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved . gracesguide.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . npg.org.uk. Retrieved . npg.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved . gracesguide.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . npg.org.uk. Retrieved . npg.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isbn publisher prefix 978-0-216
    Project gutenberg author id 36757
    Philadelphia museum of art entity id 27653
    Inception +1809-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33123|batch #33123]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P13576 is present."
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