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Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Blackwell, B H
  • Blackwell & Mott
  • Blackwell Publishers Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East, England

Sectors:

  • Distribution - retailing Book & other publications retailing
  • Publishing & printing Newspaper & periodical publishing
  • Publishing & printing Other publishing

Notes:

Established 1939 by other Blackwell family businesses, namely B H Blackwell, booksellers, and Blackwell & Mott, publishers, to published medical texts After 1945 also distributed US scientific books and in 1950s started journal publishing. From 1970s acquired or established overseas businesses/offices. Emerged as a leading scientific journal publisher especially in the medical field. 2001 merged with Blackwell Publishers Ltd to form Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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