About Frank Nelson Doubleday
Lived 1862 – 1934 (aged 72). Frank Nelson Doubleday was an American publisher.
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. 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, in Brooklyn, to William Edwards and Ellen M. Dickinson Doubleday.
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American businessman (1862–1934)
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Frank Nelson Doubleday was born on 8 January 1862 in Brooklyn.
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Frank Nelson Doubleday died on 30 January 1934 in Coconut Grove.
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Frank Nelson Doubleday was a publisher.
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