James Terry White
Author
1985 –
Who is James Terry White?
James Terry White was an American publisher and poet. Given his wide range of interests and involvement in various businesses and cultural activities, he was reputed to be a Renaissance man. In 1862, he joined the San Francisco publishing firm H.H. Bancroft & Co. In 1869, White founded a publishing company bearing his name, James T. White Co. in San Francisco; and in 1886, with his son George Derby White, moved its headquarters to New York City. The firm published the first edition of The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography in 1891. At the death of his son in 1939, thirty-one volumes had been published, each containing about 1,000 biographies and 450 pages.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1985
Calgary - Also known as
- James White
- Nationality
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Calgary
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on July 23, 2013
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