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About Robert Aitken
Robert Aitken (1734–1802) was an Early American publisher and printer in Philadelphia and the first to publish an English language Bible in the United States after its formation. He was born in Dalkeith, Scotland. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1769, where he published Pennsylvania Magazine, or American Monthly Museum in 1775–76. Aitken printed the first copies of the New Testament to appear in the colonies in 1777 and continued through 1781. He died in Philadelphia in 1802.
Everything about Robert Aitken →- Occupation
- engraver, printer, bookbinder, bookseller
- Born
- January 22, 1735
- Died
- July 15, 1802