Alexander Cowan
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Alexander Cowan
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Alexander Cowan was a Scottish papermaker and philanthropist. He was the 13th child and third surviving son of Charles Cowan and Marjory Cowan nee Fidler He was also a cousin and friend of Thomas Chalmers, the prominent Scottish minister. Through his business he was a friend and associate of the publisher Archibald Constable and, through Constable, an associate of Sir Walter Scott. The Cowan Family owned the huge Valleyfield paper-works in Penicuik in Midlothian and Sir Walter Scott refers to Al
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Scottish papermaker (1775–1859)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cowan
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2023-09-05T08:30:52Z
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