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Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (died 1934)

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Frank Nelson Doubleday

American publisher (1862–1934)

Frank Nelson Doubleday, known to friends and family as "Effendi", founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, which later operated under other names. Starting work at the age of 14 after his father's business failed, Doubleday began with Charles Scribner's Sons in New York.
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Doubleday (publisher)

American publishing company

Doubleday is an American publishing company. It was founded as the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897. By 1947, it was the largest book publisher in the United States. It published the work of mostly U.S. authors under a number of imprints and distributed them through its own…
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January 8

Day of the year

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.
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