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The American Peoples Encyclopedia is a discontinued general encyclopedia first published in 1948 by Spencer Press Inc., and, initially, marketed exclusively by Sears Roebuck and Company. A substantially revised edition was published by Grolier Incorporated in 1962 and marketed by a Grolier subsidiary, The Richards Company, Inc.
John G. Ryan in 1956. John Gerard Ryan (1910–1989) was an American publisher, president of P.F. Collier & Son Corporation [1] and of The Richards Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Grolier Incorporated. [2] He was pivotal to the 1950s and 1960s expansion of the American encyclopedia business that placed reference libraries in millions of homes.
John Richards was born in England, and traveled with his parents in 1630 to North America as part of the first major wave of migration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1644 Ricards was enrolled in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company , which he would remain involved with for the rest of his life.
John Robert Richards, later Reid-Richards (born April 30, 1967) [1] is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and television and film composer. Prior to his 2005 departure, Richards was the original lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Dishwalla .
John Richard Simplot (/ ˈ s ɪ m p l ɒ t /; January 4, 1909 – May 25, 2008) was an American entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of the J. R. Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho–based agricultural supplier specializing in potato products. [2] [3] In 2007, he was estimated to be the 89th-richest person in the United States ...
Tobias John Martin Richards (3 February 1850 – 28 July 1939), invariably referred to as "T. J. Richards", was a South Australian coachbuilder and motor body manufacturer who founded the company which would eventually form the manufacturing base of Chrysler Australia.
In 1891, Smith, Kline and Company acquired French, Richards and Company, founded in 1844 by Clayton French and William Richards, which provided the company with a greater portfolio of consumer brands. The combined business became the Smith, Kline and French Company. [1] In 1932, SKF chemist Gordon Alles was awarded a patent for amphetamine. [1]
In 1959, Murphy hired John G. Ryan, formerly president of competitor P.F. Collier & Son, as president of The Richards Company. By 1968, Richards' sales, distributing the American Peoples Encyclopedia, exceeded that of the other Grolier encyclopedia subsidiaries. [12] In 1968, Grolier's annual sales were over $181 million, [13] and the company ...