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1837–1918, American librarian, b. Worcester, Mass. Green was librarian of the Worcester, Mass., Free Public Library (1871–1909) and was a member o...
(lou´r ns yän´s n kôs´t r) (KEY) , c.1370–c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been ascribed the invention o...
1810–64, American publisher. John Reed and James T. Fields became Ticknor’s partners in Boston, and their firm is best known as Ticknor and Fields...
(ä´l üs z ´n f l´´d r, ä´lois) (KEY) , 1771–1834, German lithographer, b. Prague. Senefelder invented lithography in Munich c.1796. In 1818 ...
(d ) (KEY) , c.1620–1649, British printer in Massachusetts Bay colony; son of Stephen Daye. His name first appears on the almanac for 1647, but it w...
1696–1763, American printer; sister-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. After the death in 1735 of her husband, James Franklin, she carried on his commerci...