George H. Mifflin

George Harrison Mifflin

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Born| 1845

Boston

Died| 1921 (aged 75-76)
Nationality| American
Citizenship| United States Of America
Occupation| Executive
Organization| Houghton Mifflin

George Harrison Mifflin (1845 - 1921) was an executive in the publishing business. He served as president of Houghton Mifflin.[1]

Mifflin was born in Boston.[2] He graduated from Harvard. He joined Hurd and Houghton in 1867[3] and worked for its subsidiary Riverside Press.[4] He partnered with Henry Oscar Houghton in 1872.[3] Houghtom died in 1895 and Mifflin took over leadership of the company. He communicated with some of its prominent authors through good times.and bad.[5]

Mifflin was at first skeptical of the company's incestment in educational publishing.[6] He was socially connected to Sarah Wyman Whitman who designed elegant book covers for the business.[7]

He died in Boston aged 75.[1]

## Further reading[edit]

* The Building of the House: Houghton Mifflin ’s Formative Years by Ellen B. Ballou, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1970
* "George H. Mifflin", Cambridge Tribune XLIV.6 April 9, 1921

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Times, Special to The New York (April 6, 1921). "GEORGE H. MIFFLIN DEAD.; President of Houghton Mifflin Co. Publishers, Dies in Boston at 75" - via NYTimes.com.
2. ↑ https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mp58cf
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Publisher: Houghton Mifflin". www.isfdb.org.
4. ↑ Inc, Manly (June 9, 2013). "Encyclopedia of American Literature". Infobase Learning - via Google Books. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
5. ↑ Palmer, Stephanie C. (December 16, 2008). "Together by Accident: American Local Color Literature and the Middle Class". Lexington Books - via Google Books.
6. ↑ Knee, Jonathan A. (November 29, 2016). "Class Clowns: How the Smartest Investors Lost Billions in Education". Columbia University Press - via Google Books.
7. ↑ Cook, Doug. "Library Acquires Sarah Whitman Bookbindings | Bowdoin News Archive".

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