William Creech
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William Creech (1745-1815) was a Scottish bookseller.
For 40 years Creech was the chief publisher in Edinburgh. He published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems.
In 1788 he was a member of the jury in Deacon William Brodie's trial for robbery. Within days, his account of the trial and execution was for sale in his High Street bookshop. He served as Edinburgh's Lord Provost from 1811 to 1813.
He is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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