Daniel Lizars (1754–1812) was an 18th-century Scottish engraver, map-maker and publisher. He was patriarch to the famous Lizars family. He is remembered for his views of Edinburgh.

Life

He was born in Portsburgh, off the

Grassmarket The Grassmarket is a historic market square, market place, street and event space in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In relation to the rest of the city it lies in a hollow, well below surrounding ground levels. Locati ...

in south-west

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in 1754, the second son of James Lizars, a shoemaker. His brother John Lizars continued the family business as a shoemaker. He was apprenticed for nine years as a printer and engraver to Andrew Bell. He set up a printworks at the Backstairs on Parliament Close, near to

St Giles Cathedral St Giles' Cathedral (), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alteratio ...

. In 1798 he apprenticed George Bartholmew, father of the map-making company John Bartholomew and Son Ltd. He lived his final years at 7 Duke Street in

Edinburgh's New Town The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original Neoclassicism, neo-classical and Georgian architecture, Georgian period architecture. Its ...

. The street was renamed Dublin Street in 1922 and also renumbered. The house is now 13 Dublin Street. He died on 8 December 1812.Grave of Daniel Lizars, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh He is buried in St Cuthberts Churchyard at the west end of

Princes Street Gardens Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in the 1820s following the long draining of the Nor Loch and building of the New Town, ...

in central Edinburgh. The grave lies on the raised ground immediately south-west of the church. His premises was burnt down in the

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in 1824.

Family

He married Margaret Home. His children included Daniel Lizars,

John Lizars Prof John Lizars FRSE (15 May 1792–21 May 1860) was a Scotland, Scottish surgeon, anatomist and medical author. He was Professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and senior surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. ...

William Home Lizars William Home Lizars (1788 – 30 March 1859) was a Scottish painter, engraver and publisher. Life The son of Daniel Lizars, and brother of the surgeon John Lizars, he was born at Edinburgh in 1788, and was educated at the high school there. ...

and Jane Home Lizars, who later married Sir William Jardine.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lizars, Daniel 1754 births 1812 deaths Publishers (people) from Edinburgh Scottish engravers Scottish cartographers