Bell, George, & Sons Ltd

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  • Publishing & printing Newspaper & periodical publishing
  • Publishing & printing Other publishing

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Established by George Bell, 1814-90, in 1839 as an educational book supplier trading as George Bell. Soon started to publish educational books for schools, universities, etc, and soon after books relating to art, architecture, archaeology. Also periodicals such as 'Journal of Education'. Known 1856-73 as Bell & Daldy and as George Bell & Sons Ltd from 1910. Grew also by acquisition, eg J & J J Deighton of Cambridge in 1854 and Chiswick Press in 1880. Bell family connected remained until 1960s. Known as Hyman & Bell Ltd from 1977. 1986 merged with Allen & Unwin to form Unwin Hyman [2023]

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