The Scotsman

The Scotsman

On this day - 18 May 1957

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Place of publication
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Earliest issue: January 25, 1817
Latest issue: December 31, 2002

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Years covered
1817–2002

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Total issues: 48798
Total pages: 786498

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Publisher
National World Publishing Ltd

This newspaper was added to our archives on May 21, 2012. The latest issues were added on August 1, 2023.

The Scotsman was launched as broadsheet newspaper in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the "unblushing subservience" of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment, and pledged to "impartiality, firmness and independence".

The Scotsman is now a compact newspaper published from Edinburgh, by National World Ltd.

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