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Elsevier NV	The Elsevier firm was founded in Rotterdam in 1880 by Jacobus George Robbers. It was named after a sixteenth-century firm of Dutch printers. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.	2006
Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd	The publishing firm of Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd was established as a Nigerian company by Evans Brothers UK in 1966. The firm retains an association with the British Evans Publishing Group, but is now Nigerian-owned, under the auspices of the Otunba Adekunle Ojora. See www.evanspublishers.com.ng.	2008
Financial and Mining News	The Financial and Mining News was founded by Harry Marks in 1884. It was merged with its rival newspaper the Financial Times in 1946. The Financial Times is now part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com.	2007
George Newnes Limited	George Newnes began his publishing firm with the publication of 'Tit-Bits' in 1881. George Newnes Limited was one of three companies which merged in 1963 to form IPC (International Publishing Corporation). IPC was purchased by the Reed Group in 1970, and then by a Cinven-backed consortium in 1998, before being purchased by AOL Time Warner in 2001. See www.ipcmedia.com, which still includes some famous Newnes titles such as 'Homes & Gardens'.	2008
Grove Weidenfeld	Grove Press was founded in New York in 1951 by Barney J. Rosset Jr. In 1985 the firm was acquired by Ann Getty and George Weidenfield and became known first as Grove Weidenfeld and then as Grove Nicolson. In 1993 the firm was merged with Atlantic Monthly Press to form Grove/Atlantic Inc. See www.groveatlantic.com.	2008
J. C. Nimmo Ltd	John C. Nimmo founded the firm of J. C. Nimmo Ltd in 1879. Nimmo died in 1899 and his business was purchased by George Routledge & Sons in 1903. In 1912 George Routledge & Sons merged with Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. 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.	2006
J. Winchester	Jonas Winchester ran his own publishing firm in New York from about 1840 to 1844, in association with 'The New World' of which he was joint-owner. In 1844 Winchester sold his interest in the firm to his son Ebenezer and J. W. Judd, and it seems that the firm closed shortly afterwards. 'The New World' ceased publication in 1845. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 494.	2009
James Munroe and Company	The bookselling and publishing firm of Munroe and Nichols was founded in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts in the early 1830s by James Munroe and George Nichols. From 1835 the firm became known as James Munroe and Company. Munroe died in 1861 and the firm went out of business in 1861 or 1862. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 319.	2009
Joseph Nancrede	The bookselling and publishing firm of Hall and Nancrede was founded in Boston in 1795 by Thomas Hall and Joseph Nancrede. By 1796 the firm was known as Joseph Nancrede. Joseph Nancrede went out of existence in 1804. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 332.	2013
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.	Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. was formed as a company in 1878. Nicholas Trübner formed his company in 1851. The two companies merged to form Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. in 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.	2008

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