Frank Nelson Doubleday
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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
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 came to Boston in the early 17th century. Early in life, he became fascinated with the printing business. By age 10, he had saved up enough money to buy his own printing press. He earned back the cost by printing advertising and news circulars for local businesses, and from that point never left the business. Frank's distant relative Ulysses F. Doubleday was a book publisher earlier in the 19th century. When Doubleday was 14, his father's business failed. The youth had to leave school and find a full-time job.
Career
He went to work at the firm of
They formed the Doubleday & McClure Co. in March 1897. The following year, Doubleday and McClure accepted a contract to manage the great publishing house of
On December 31, 1899, growing tension between Doubleday and McClure led the two men to dissolve their partnership. The following year, Doubleday invited
In 1921, Doubleday bought a controlling interest in the English publisher
An
Doubleday's nickname "Effendi" was coined by Kipling, derived from the initials F.N.D.
Marriage and family
Doubleday married
References
- ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018". United Press International. January 8, 2018. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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- ^ a b c "F.N. Doubleday, 72, Publisher, Is Dead". timesmachine.nytimes.com. January 31, 1934. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ "MRS. F.N. DOUBLEDAY DEAD.; Commissioner for the Red Cross Succumbs in Canton, China". New York Times. February 23, 1918. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "F.N. DOUBLEDAY MARRIES.; Publisher Weds Miss Florence Van Wyck--Sail for Europe Today". New York Times. December 5, 1918. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
Sources
- Doubleday, Frank Nelson (1972). The Memoirs of a Publisher. Doubleday & Co.