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LONGMANS , a See also:firm of See also:English publishers. The founder of the firm, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Longman (1) (1699–1755), See also:born in 1699, was the son of See also:Ezekiel Longman (d. 1708), a See also:gentleman of See also:Bristol. Thomas was apprenticed in 1716 to See also:John See also:Osborn, a See also:London bookseller. At the expiration of his See also:apprenticeship he married Osborn's daughter, and in See also:August 1724 See also:purchased the stock and See also:household goods of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor, the first publisher of See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson Crusoe, for £2282 9S. 6d. Taylor's two shops were known respectively as the See also:Black See also:Swan and the See also:Ship, and occupied the ground in Paternoster See also:Row upon which the See also:present See also:publishing See also:house stands. Osborn, who afterwards entered into See also:partnership with his son-in-See also:law, held one-See also:sixth of the shares in See also:Ephraim See also:Chambers's Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences, and Thomas Longman was one of the six booksellers who undertook the responsibility of See also:Samuel See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson's See also:Dictionary. _ In 1754 Thomas
Longman took his See also:nephew into partnership, the See also:title of the firm becoming T. and T. Longman.
Upon the See also:death of his See also:uncle in 1755, Thomas Longman (2) (1730-1797) became See also:sole proprietor. He greatly extended the colonial See also:trade of the firm. He had three sons. Of these, Thomas See also:Norton Longman (3) (1771–1842) succeeded to the business. In 1794 See also:Owen See also:Rees became a partner, and Thomas See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown, who was for many years after 1811 a partner, entered the house as an apprentice. Brown died in 1869 at the See also:age of 92. In 1799 Longman purchased the See also:copyright of See also:Lindley See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray's English See also:Grammar, which had an See also:annual See also:sale of about 50,000 copies; he also purchased, about 1800, the copyright, from See also:Joseph Cottle, of Bristol, of See also:Southey's See also:Joan of Arc and See also:Wordsworth's Lyrical See also:Ballads. He published the See also:works of Wordsworth, See also:Coleridge, Southey and See also:Scott, and acted as London See also:agent for the See also:Edinburgh See also:Review, which was started in 1802. In 1804 two more partners were admitted; and in 1824 the title of the firm was changed to Longman, See also:Hurst, Rees, See also:Orme, Brown & See also:Green. In 1814 arrangements were made with Thomas See also:Moore for the publication of Lalla Rookh, for which he received 3000; and when See also:Archibald See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable failed in 1826, Longmans became the proprietors of the Edinburgh Review. They issued in 1829 See also:Lardner's See also:Cabinet See also:Encyclopaedia, and in 1832 M`Culloch's Commercial Dictionary.
Thomas Norton Longman (3) died on the 29th of August 1842, leaving his two sons, Thomas (4) (1804–1879) and William Longman (1813–1877), in See also:control of the business in Paternoster Row. Their first success was the publication of See also:Macaulay's See also:Lays of See also:Ancient See also:Rome, which was followed in 1849 by the issue of the first two volumes of his See also:History of See also:England, which in a few years had a sale of 40,000 copies. The two See also:brothers were well known for their See also:literary See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent; Thomas Longman edited a beautifully illustrated edition of the New Testament, and William Longman was the author of several important books, among them a History of the Three Cathedrals dedicated to St See also:Paul (1869) and a See also:work on theHistory of the See also:Life and Times of See also:Edward III. (1873). In 1863 the firm took over the business of Mr J. W. See also:Parker, and with it See also:Fraser's See also:Magazine, and the publication of the works of John See also:Stuart See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill and J. A. See also:Fronde; while in 1890 they incorporated with their own all the publications of the old firm of See also:Rivington, established in 1711. The See also:family control of the firm (now Longmans, Green & Co.) was continued by Thomas Norton Longman(5), son of Thomas Longman (4).
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