Longman
Pearson PLC | |
Country of origin | England |
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Headquarters location | Harlow |
Publication types | Reference works, textbooks |
Imprints | Pearson Longman |
Official website | www |
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a
Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also used for the Longman Schools in China and the Longman Dictionary.
History
Beginnings
The Longman company was founded by
Longman entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Osborn, who held one-sixth of the shares in
Second and third generations
In 1754, Longman took into partnership his nephew, Thomas Longman (1730–1797), and the title of the firm became 'T. and T. Longman'. Upon the death of his uncle in 1755, Longman became sole proprietor. He greatly extended the colonial trade of the firm. In 1794, he took Owen Rees as a partner;[1][2] in the same year, Thomas Brown (c. 1777–1869) entered the house as an apprentice.[1]
Longman had three sons. Of these, Thomas Norton Longman (1771–1842) succeeded to the business. In 1804, two more partners, including Edward Orme & Thomas Hurst, were admitted, and the former apprentice Brown became a partner in 1811; in 1824, the title of the firm was changed to 'Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green'. A document of 1823 "Grant of Land in the Concan" printed by the firm under this name shows the name change was from 1823 or earlier.
In 1799, Longman purchased the copyright of
In 1814 arrangements were made with Thomas Moore for the publication of Laila Rookh, for which he was paid £3000; and when Archibald Constable failed in 1826, Longmans became the proprietors of the Edinburgh Review. They issued in 1829 Lardner's Cabinet Encyclopaedia, and in 1832 McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary.[1]
Fourth and fifth generations
Thomas Norton Longman died on 29 August 1842, leaving his two sons,
The two brothers were well known for their literary talent. Thomas Longman edited a beautifully illustrated edition of the
1900 onwards
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In December 1940, Longman's Paternoster Row offices were destroyed
Longman continued to exist as an imprint of Pearson, under the name 'Pearson Longman'. Pearson Longman specialized in English, including English as a second or foreign language, history, economics, philosophy, political science, and religion.
Longman is now primarily used by Pearson's ELT business (English Language Teaching). The Longman brand is now only used for the Longman Schools in China and oddments such as the Longman Dictionary and Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer. All other textbooks and products use the Pearson brand/imprint.
Longman imprints
Longman imprints:[8]
- 1724 T. Longman
- 1725 J. Osborn and T. Longman
- 1734 T. Longman
- 1745 T. Longman and T. Shewell
- 1747 T. Longman
- 1753 T. and T. Longman
- 1755 M. and T. Longman
- 1755 T. Longman
- 1793 T. N. Longman. Also T. Longman
- 1797 Messrs. Longman and Rees
- 1799 T. N. Longman and O. Rees
- 1800 Longman and Rees
- 1804 Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
- 1811 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
- 1823 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
- 1825 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
- 1832 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans
- 1838 Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans
- 1840 Longman, Orme & Co.
- 1841 Longman, Brown & Co.
- 1842 Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
- 1856 Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts
- 1859 Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
- 1862 Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green
- 1865 Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer
- 1880 Longmans, Green & Co.
- 1926 Longmans, Green & Co. (Ltd.)
- 1959 Longmans
- 1969 Longman
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Chisholm 1911, p. 984.
- ^ Gordon 1896.
- ^ Treasure 1997, p. [page needed].
- ^ Chisholm 1911b, p. 387.
- ^ Museum of London. "Bomb damage to Paternoster Square during the Blitz". Exploring 20th Century London. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ www.bibliopolis.com. "A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING by Asa Briggs on Oak Knoll". Oak Knoll. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Mark Longman Dies at 55; Head of British Publishers". New York Times. 8 September 1972.
- ^ Briggs 2008, Appendix 2.
References
- Briggs, A. (2008). "Appendix 2". A history of Longmans and their books. London: British Library.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 387.
- Gordon, Alexander (1896). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 402. . In
- Treasure, Geoffrey (1997). Who's Who in Late Hanoverian Britain (2nd ed.). London: Shepheard-Walwyn. ISBN 978-0-85683-137-9. Archived from the originalon 13 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Longmans". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 984–985. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Further reading
- Briggs, Asa (26 May 2005). "Longman family". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72356. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
Media related to Longman (publisher) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Longman USA
- Official website of Longman UK
- Longman Online Dictionary
- Longman family (1724–1972) by Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.