Blackwood (publishing house) Gerald Porter. Blackwood (publishing house) William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Conrad, George Eliot, E. M. Forster, John Galt, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope, both in books and in the monthly "Blackwood’s Magazine". In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John
Mackenzie Blackwood contract with the New Jersey Devils, who drafted him in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, on December 30, 2015. After playing for the Devils American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, Blackwood was assigned to the Adirondack Thunder, the Devils ECHL team, on January 1, 2018. Blackwood began the 2018–19 season with the Devils AHL affiliate, Binghamton Devils. He was recalled to the NHL on December 17, after goaltender Cory Schneider was placed on injured reserve. Blackwood made his NHL debut the following night in a 7–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He replaced started Keith Kinkaid in the third period