George Presbury Rowell (July 4, 1838 - August 28, 1908) was an American advertising executive and publisher. He founded ''

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'', the first advertising trade magazine, in 1888.

Life and career

1869 George P Rowell and Company New York

George P. Rowell was born in

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on July 4, 1838, and grew up in

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. In the early 1860s, he opened an advertising agency in Boston. He offered advertising space in New England newspapers and eventually nationwide. In 1869, he issued the first ''Rowell's American Newspaper Directory'' listing 5,778 American papers. Eventually, he opened an office on the ground floor of the ''

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'' building. Rowell died in

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George P. Rowell
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* Library of Congress
List of Rowell's newspaper directories
* Directorie
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1838 births 1908 deaths American publishers (people) 19th-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1830s-stub