Butterworth–Heinemann is a British
publishing company
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specialised in professional information and learning materials for higher education and professional training, in printed and electronic forms.
It was formed in 1990 by the merger of
Heinemann Professional Publishing and
Butterworths Scientific, both subsidiaries of
Reed International. With its earlier constituent companies, the founding dates back to 1923.
It has publishing units in
Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
(UK) and
Waltham, Massachusetts
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(United States).
As of 2006, it is an
imprint of
Elsevier
Elsevier ( ) is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell (journal), Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, ...
.
See also
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LexisNexis Butterworths
References
External links
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Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Elsevier imprints
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