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Joseph Medill McCormick
United States senator
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Charles Edward Russell
American writer
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Frank E. Compton
American publisher
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Louis A. Godey
American publisher
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James Merritt Ives
American lithographer
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Pierre Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Ambroise-Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Henry Richard Vizetelly
British-Italian publisher
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Nathaniel Currier
American lithographer
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François Didot
French printer and bookseller
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Pierre François Didot
French publisher and printer
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Hyacinthe-Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Samuel Irving Newhouse
American publisher
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Daniel MacMillan
Scottish publisher
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John Brown Russwurm
American editor, publisher, and statesman
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John Cowles
American publisher
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Andrew Breitbart
American blogger
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
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Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
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Alexander MacMillan
Scottish publisher