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Louis-Christophe-François Hachette: Quick Facts

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Born May 5, 1800 • France
Died July 31, 1864 (aged 64) • Paris • France
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Daniel MacMillan
Scottish publisher
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Henri II Estienne
French scholar and printer
Title page to the Biblia, showing olive-tree motif adopted as Estienne family emblem, 1532
Robert I Estienne
French scholar and printer
Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie
Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot
Jesuit missionary
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Geoffroy Tory
French printer
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Alexander MacMillan
Scottish publisher
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Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
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Henry Richard Vizetelly
British-Italian publisher
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William Morris
British artist and author
Rupert Murdoch wearing glasses, a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, posing at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Rupert Murdoch
Australian-born American publisher
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
Noah Webster
Noah Webster
American lexicographer
James D. Dana
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
“Father of American Botany”
Asa Gray
American botanist
William Caxton
William Caxton
English printer, translator, and publisher
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Thomas Morley
British composer
British publisher Robert Maxwell in a suit and patterned tie, seated and looking to his right, 1991.
Robert Maxwell
Czechoslovak-born British publisher
Walter Hines Page, detail of a portrait by P.A. de Laszlo; in the collection of the Department of Archives and History, North Carolina
Walter Hines Page
American author and diplomat
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John Crawfurd
British scholar and diplomat
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George Smith
British publisher