The Glasgow Herald, Monday, November 18th., 1918 (page 5):- "DEATH OF J. A. BLACKIE. We regret to announce that Mr. John Alexander Blackie, of Messrs. Blackie & Sons, publishers, died yesterday at his residence, Dunmorag, Dowanhill Gardens, Glasgow. Mr Blackie, who was a son of the late Dr. W. G. Blackie, a former Dean of Guild of the city, was the senior director of the well-known publishing house. He was born in Glasgow in 1850, educated at the Glasgow Academy, Blairlodge, and in Germany, and after some experience in an accountant's office in Glasgow he entered the family business. Mr Blackie was not prominent in public life, and unlike his uncle, who was Lord Provost of the city, he never aspired to municipal honours. He rendered valuable service, however, as a member of the Merchant's House, and was also connected with Anderson's College, the Blind Asylum, and the Glasgow Academy. Mr Blackie had travelled extensively, visiting America and Africa as well as the Continent, and he made several voyages to Australia and New Zealand."

The Glasgow Herald, Tuesday, November 19th.. 1918. Death notice:-
"BLACKIE.- At Dunmorag, Dowanhill Gardens, Glasgow, on 17th. November, John Alexander Blackie, of Blackie & Sons, Ltd., publishers, aged 68.- Funeral to the Necropolis on Wednesday, 20th.; service at 2 p.m. in Hillhead Parish Church; carriages at St. George's Church until 1.30 p.m.; friends desiring to attend will please intimate to Messrs. Wylie & Lochhead, Ltd., 96, Union Street."

Same publication, Tuesday, November 19th., 1918 (page 3):- "We announced yesterday the death of Mr John Alexander Blackie, chairman of Blackie & Son (Limited), publishers. Until within the last few months Mr Blackie enjoyed the best of health, and was always active and energetic. The immediate cause of his death was an attack of pleurisy. He died on Sunday in his 69th year. Mr Blackie may be said to have been born a publisher, being of the third generation, and the third John Blackie in the business founded by his grandfather in 1809. He was the fourth John Blackie of his family in Glasgow, his great-grandfather (born 1761) having been the first of the family to come to the western city from Haddingtonshire. Educated at the Glasgow Academy, Blair Lodge, *Canstadt, in Wurtemberg, and Glasgow University, Mr Blackie entered the family business in 1869, and from then until his death devoted himself with all the force of a remarkably energetic nature to the maintenance and development of the business. Some 12 years ago he succeeded to the chairmanship on the death of his father, Dr. W. G. Blackie. Mr Blackie's only son, **Second Lieutenant Stewart Blackie, Rifle Brigade, fell at the battle of the Somme, on October 18, 1916. He is survived by two daughters, his wife having predeceased him. Mr Blackie was a director of the Merchant's House and the Blind Asylum. He was of a kind and generous disposition, and his loss will be felt by a wide circle of friends."

*Bad Cannstadt, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg.

**Lieut. John Stewart Blackie (19).
5th. Bn. (attd. 1st Bn.) Rifle Brigade, Prince Consort's Own.
Killed in Action. 18th October, 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 16 B and 16, Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.