Chandler Belden Beach (1839–1928) was an American entrepreneur and encyclopedist. He founded the publishing company ''C. B. Beach & Company'', later renamed ''F. E. Compton & Co.'' after his associate
Frank Compton took it over,
Beach also served as a captain in the
American Civil War
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. As a sales agent in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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for the ''
Encyclopædia Britannica
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,'' he soon realized there was a market demand for a more light-weight encyclopedia.
Works
Beach was the editor and publisher of ''Youth's Cyclopedia'' (2 volumes, 1892) and the ''Student's Cyclopaedia'' (2 volumes, 1893), which turned into ''The Student's Reference Work'' (1901).
''The New Student's Reference Work'' was published by ''C. B. Beach & Company'' (1909,1911,1912), then by ''F. E. Compton & Co.'' from 1912.
Legacy
Frank Compton was his associate since 1894, and became the general manager of ''C. B. Beach & Company'' in 1905. Compton took over the publishing firm when Beach retired in 1907, and the name of the company later changed to ''F. E. Compton & Co.''.
''F. E. Compton & Co.'' went on to produce ''
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia'' in 1922.
Publishing rights to the ''F.E. Compton & Company'' products were acquired by
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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in 1961,
[Encyclopædia Britannica, 1988.] and the encyclopedia is still in print as ''
Compton's by Britannica''.
Gallery
File:Nsrw1914.jpg, ''The New Student's Reference Work'', 1914
File:Nsrw1914 2.jpg, "Automobile", from the same
File:LA2-NSRW-1-0186.jpg, This page digitized at Wikisource
References
External links
*''
The New Student's Reference Work'', 5 volumes, 1914, digitized at
Wikisource
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1839 births
1928 deaths
American encyclopedists
American publishers (people)
