title: Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)
text: # Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)
  
  Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1 September 1585) was an early printer in Edinburgh, Scotland, the fourth son of John Arbuthnot Sr in Portertown and of Legasland.
  
  ## Life
  
  He printed the first edition of George Buchanan's first History of Scotland in 1582. He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ Chisholm 1911.
  * ↑ The Scots Peerage
  