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Publishing since the presidency of George Washington.


How about having published for 212 years? Lippincott Williams & Wilkins traces its origins to a Philadelphia bookstall opened by Benjamin Warner and Jacob Johnson Jacob Johnson can refer to:
  • Jacob Johnson (father of Andrew Johnson), father of U.S. president Andrew Johnson
  • Jacob Johnson (U.S. politician), congressman for Utah from 1913
  • Jacob Johnson (Swedish politician), member of the Riksdag from 2006
 during the presidency of George Washington Inaugurated on April 30, 1789, George Washington was the first President of the United States. President Washington established the executive and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States as well as guaranteed the survival of the United States as a power and  in 1792.

The small book publisher grew, within 60 years, to be one of the largest publishers in the English-speaking world.

After nearly 200 years of independent publishing, J.B. Lippincott was sold to Harper & Row in 1978 and then to Wolters Kluwer Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext: WKL) is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors.  in 1990.

Under the ownership of Wolters Kluwer, J.B. Lippincott merged with Raven raven, common name for the largest member of the family Corvidae (crow family), ranging throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The raven, Corvus corax, is a glossy black scavenging bird about 26 in.  Publishers and entered the newsletter field. The company then merged with Williams & Wilkins to form Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in 1998.

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 publishes more than 275 journals, newsletters, and loose-leaf products in specialty fields for physicians, clinicians, and nurses.

www.llw.com features more than 4,000 titles in over 100 disciplines.
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Date:Oct 31, 2004
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