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William Henry Appleton (January 27, 1814 – October 19, 1899) was an American publisher, eldest son and successor of Daniel Appleton .[1]
Early life [ edit ]
William Henry Appleton was born on January 27, 1814, at Haverhill, Massachusetts .[2] He was the eldest of eight children born to Daniel Appleton (1785–1849) and Hannah Adams (1791–1859), the daughter of John Adams and Dorcas Falkner.[3]
In 1838, Appleton he joined his father as a partner in the family publishing business, D. Appleton & Company , which he had begun clerking for in 1831 at the age of 16.[2]
In 1848, he became the senior member of D. Appleton & Company upon the retirement of his father.[2] In partnership with his brother John Adams Appleton; they were joined in partnership by three younger brothers.
In 1853, William became the firm's London representative. He was active in the struggle for an international copyright , and served a term as president of the American Publishers Copyright League. His firm published works by a range of noteworthy authors, including Hall Caine , Lewis Carroll , Arthur Conan Doyle , Charles Darwin , Thomas Henry Huxley , Herbert Spencer , and John Stuart Mill , as well as leading American scientists and philosophers of his era.
Among the reference books brought out by him were The New American Cyclopædia (1858–63); Webster's Spelling Book ; Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1887–1900), Applied Mechanics (1897), and an Annual Cyclopœdia (1885–1903). He wrote Letters on International Copyright (1872).[2]
Personal life [ edit ]
On April 16, 1844,[2] he married Mary Moody Worthen (1824–1884), a daughter of Ezra Worthen and sister of William Ezra Worthen .[4]
William Worthen Appleton (1845–1924),[5] who married Anna Debois Sargent (1845–1908).[6] [7]
Kate Appleton (1848–1873), who married Hobart Seymour Geary (1838–1918), a merchant,[8] in 1872.[9]
Mary Appleton (d. 1934), who died unmarried.[10] [11]
Henry Cozzens Appleton (1863–1925), who married Dora Threlkeld (1847–1927).[7]
Appleton was a prominent figure in publishing for a period of sixty years. He lived at Wave Hill (New York) ; the house was later turned into a botanical garden in the Riverdale section of The Bronx , New York.[12] He was one of the earliest members of the Century Association , joining in 1847, a member of the Union Club of New York , the Riding Club, and the Aldine and Players' Clubs.[2]
He died at his home in Riverdale on October 19, 1899.[2] He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.
Descendants [ edit ]
His grandson, through his son William, was William Henry Appleton (1866–1951),[13] [14] a prominent yachtsman who married Noel Johnston, granddaughter of John Taylor Johnston , former president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the founding president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art .[6]
Appleton City, Missouri , was named after the publisher, in appreciation of his 1870 donation to the town's library.[15]
In popular culture [ edit ]
Appleton is a character in the time travel novel The Plot to Save Socrates by Paul Levinson . As depicted in the book, Appleton had an extensive secret life as a time-traveler, had visited Classical Greece and met in person some of the famous ancient Greek writers and philosophers whose works he published, and also several times visited the 21st century – but always found his own 19th century milieu to be the most congenial.
References [ edit ]
Notes
^ a b c d e f g "DEATH OF W.H. APPLETON; Last of the Early Founders of Publishing Houses Here. INCIDENTS IN HIS CAREER Striking Indications of His Shrewdness and Tact in Business -- His Charities and Benefactions" . The New York Times . October 20, 1899. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ Cutter, William Richard (1913). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation . Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 179 . Retrieved June 22, 2017 .
^ "WILLIAM E. WORTHEN DEAD.; The Well-Known Civil Engineer Succumbs to an attack of Paralysis -- His Public Services" (PDF) . The New York Times . April 3, 1897. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ "WM. W. APPLETON, PUBLISHER, DEAD; Chairman of Board of D. Appleton & Co. a Victim of Pneumonia at 78 Years. CHIEF EDITOR FOR FIRM President of Publishers' Copyright League Was a Grandson of Pioneer Daniel Appleton" . The New York Times . January 28, 1924. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ a b "W. H. APPLETON AND NOEL JOHNSTON WED; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnston a Bride in Her Washington Square Home. THE WEDDING ATTENDANTS Little Flower Girl and Page in Costumes Copied from Romney Portraits -- The Guests" . The New York Times . April 15, 1915. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ a b Social Register, New York . Social Register Association. 1902. p. 11 . Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ "A WIDE-REACHING FAILURE; DISASTER TO AN OLD-ESTABLISHED FIRM. OLYPHANT & CO., OF CHINA, MAKE AN ASSIGNMENT--A BAD VENTURE IN COOLIES--FIFTY YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS SUDDENLY ENDED--THE CREDITORS PROTECTED" . The New York Times . December 8, 1878. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ "DIED -- GEARY" . The New York Times . July 27, 1873. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ Times, Special To The New York (October 28, 1934). "MISS MARY APPLETON" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ "Miss Mary Appleton" . Newport Mercury . November 2, 1934. p. 3 . Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ A Brief History of Wave Hill , Wave Hill . Accessed May 3, 2008.
^ Times, Special To The New York (August 6, 1951). "DEATHS -- APPLETON" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ Times, Special To The New York (August 5, 1951). "WILLIAM H. APPLETON, YACHTSMAN, WAS 85" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
^ Wolfe, Gerard R. (1981). The House of Appleton . Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 166–167 .
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