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| Gomme and Marshall | The publishing firm of Gomme and Marshall was founded in New York in 1915 by Laurence James Gomme and John J. Marshall. It was the successor firm to Vaughan and Gomme (q.v.). Marshall withdrew from the firm in 1916, and it continued as Laurence James Gomme, before Gomme closed the firm and ended his publishing career in 1917. Lawrence James Gomme was born in 1882 and died in 1974. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 163. | 2008 |
| Gordon & Breach Publishing Group | The Gordon & Breach Publishing Group was founded in 1961. In 2001 the firm was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. | 2009 |
| Grosset & Dunlap | The firm of Grosset & Dunlap was founded in 1898. In 1982 the firm was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons (of the Putnam Berkley Group). Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and the company history pages of us.penguingroup.com. | 2008 |
| H. C. Peck and Theo. Bliss | The publishing firm of H. C. Peck and Theo. Bliss was founded in Philadelphia in 1850 by Horace C. Peck and Theodore Bliss. The firm got into financial difficulties during the Civil War and the partnership was dissolved in 1862. After the war Peck and Bliss briefly formed their own separate firms, which have entries in FOB. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 356. | 2009 |
| H. S. King & Co. | Henry S. King founded the firm of H. S. King & Co. in 1868. His business was purchased by Charles Kegan Paul in 1877. It was then incorporated into Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. from 1878 and Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. from 1889. In 1912 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. merged with George Routledge & Sons to form Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com and www.routledge.com. | 2008 |
| Hanley & Belfus | Hanley & Belfus is a Philadelphia-based medical publisher. In 2002 the firm was purchased by Elsevier Science, a division of Reed Elsevier, from the Holtzbrinck Group. See www.elsevierhealth.com. | 2008 |
| Harper & Brothers | The firm of Harper & Brothers was founded in New York City in 1817 by James and John Harper. It was originally called J. and J. Harper. In 1962 Harper & Brothers merged with the Illinois publishing firm of Row, Peterson & Co. to form Harper & Row. Harper & Row was acquired by News Corporation in 1987 and merged with William Collins in the early 1990s to form HarperCollins. See www.newscorp.com. | 2009 |
| Harper & Row | Harper & Row was founded in 1962 by the merger of the firms of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Co. Both the predecessor firms have their own entry in FOB. Harper & Row was acquired by News Corporation in 1987 and merged with William Collins in the early 1990s to form HarperCollins. See www.newscorp.com. | 2006 |
| Harrap | The firm of Harrap was founded by George Harrap in 1901. In 1992 the firm was acquired by W. & R. Chambers (then owned by Group de la Cité), and the firm became known as Chambers Harrap. Chambers Harrap is now a Hachette Livre UK company. See www.chambersharrap.co.uk. | 2007 |
| Harwood Academic Publishers | The firm of Harwood Academic Publishers was purchased in 1978 by Gordon & Breach. Gordon & Breach was in turn purchased in 2001 by the Taylor & Francis Group. See the FOB entry for Gordon & Breach and www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. | 2008 |
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