Chambers, William

Chambers, William, 1800-1883, and Robert Chambers, 1802-71, Scottish authors and publishers. Their firm of W. and R. Chambers is best known for Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which William started in 1832 and for which both brothers wrote, and Chambers's Encyclopaedia (10 vol., 1859-68), which has gone through several editions. Robert published several books on history and in geology, including the anonymous Vestiges … of Creation (1844), a forerunner of Darwin's Origin of Species. William, always interested in public improvement, was lord provost of Edinburgh, 1865-69.

William Chambers may refer to:

• William Chambers (architect), 18th century Scottish architect
• William Chambers (industrialist) (1774-1855)
• William Chambers (politician) (1809-1882), illegitimate son of the above
• William Frederick Chambers, 19th century British doctor and Fellow of the Royal Society
• William V. Chambers, psychologist
• William Chambers (publisher) (1800 - 1883), Scottish publisher and politician
• Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
• Bill Chambers, American football player
• Bill Chambers (basketball), NCAA college basketball record holder for rebounds in gameSee also
• William Chambers Coker, American botanist