George H. Mifflin
George Harrison Mifflin (1845 - 1921) was an executive in the publishing business. He served as president of Houghton Mifflin.[1]
Mifflin was born in Boston.[2] He graduated from Harvard. He joined Hurd and Houghton in 1867[3] and worked for its subsidiary Riverside Press.[4] He partnered with Henry Oscar Houghton in 1872.[3]
Houghton died in 1895 and Mifflin took over leadership of the company. He communicated with some of its prominent authors through good times and bad.[5]
Mifflin was at first skeptical of the company's investment in educational publishing.[6] He was socially connected to Sarah Wyman Whitman, who designed elegant book covers for the business.[7]
He died in Boston at aged 75.[1]
Further reading[]
- The Building of the House: Houghton Mifflin ’s Formative Years by Ellen B. Ballou, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1970
- "George H. Mifflin", Cambridge Tribune XLIV.6 April 9, 1921
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Times, Special to The New York (April 6, 1921). "GEORGE H. MIFFLIN DEAD.; President of Houghton Mifflin Co. Publishers, Dies in Boston at 75" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mp58cf
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Publisher: Houghton Mifflin". www.isfdb.org.
- ^ Inc, Manly (June 9, 2013). Encyclopedia of American Literature. Infobase Learning. ISBN 9781438140773 – via Google Books.
- ^ Palmer, Stephanie C. (December 16, 2008). Together by Accident: American Local Color Literature and the Middle Class. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739132128 – via Google Books.
- ^ Knee, Jonathan A. (November 29, 2016). Class Clowns: How the Smartest Investors Lost Billions in Education. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231543330 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cook, Doug. "Library Acquires Sarah Whitman Bookbindings | Bowdoin News Archive".
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