Nelson doubleday biography
Nelson doubleday biography
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Frank Nelson Doubleday
American publisher (1862–1934)
For the American actor, see Frank Doubleday (actor).
Frank Nelson Doubleday (January 8, 1862 – January 30, 1934), known to friends and family as "Effendi" (phonetic "F.N.D."), founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, which later operated under other names.
Starting work at the age of 14 after his father's business failed, Doubleday began with Charles Scribner's Sons in New York.
His son Nelson Doubleday, son-in-law John Turner Sargent, Sr. and grandson Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
all worked in the company and led it through different periods.
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In 1986, after years of changes in the publishing business, his grandson Nelson Doubleday, Jr. as president sold the Doubleday Company to the German group Bertelsmann.
Early life
He was born on January 8, 1862,[1][2] in Brooklyn, to William Edwards and Ellen M.
Dickinson Doubleday.[2]
His father was a hatter. Frank Doubleday's ancestors ca