Andrew Melrose

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Andrew Melrose (died 6 November 1928^[1]) was a British publisher associated with the Sunday School Union in the late 19th - early 20th century. He edited and contributed to the Sunday School Chronicle.^[2] According to a reference in the Australian Dictionary of Biography^[3] he was the founder of a movement called the Boys' Empire League. He was a close friend of George Douglas Brown, who died in his arms at Melrose's house in Hornsey; Melrose published a memorial edition of Brown's House with the Green Shutters in the following year.^[4] Andrew Melrose was a publisher of religious and general titles and his imprint lasted into the mid-1950s.

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1. ^ Times obituary
2. ^ Times obituary
3. ^ Buley, Ernest Charles (1869 - 1933) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
4. ^ Times obituary

• Obituary, The Times, 7 November 1928