James Herbert McGraw (December 17, 1860 in
Harmony, New York
Harmony is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 2,108 at the 2020 census. The town is on the south border of the county and southwest of Jamestown.
History
First settlement began ''circa'' 1809. The town o ...
– February 21, 1948) was co-founder of what is now
McGraw-Hill Education. He was the president of McGraw-Hill from 1917 to 1928. The McGraw Publishing Company and the Hill Publishing Company merged their book departments in 1909.
References
Harvard Business School: Bio: James H. McGraw
1860 births
1948 deaths
People from Harmony, New York
Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Morristown, New Jersey)
American company founders
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