Frank Nelson Doubleday, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrank Nelson Doubleday
American businessman
Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1862
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 30-Jan-1934
Profession: publisher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Frank Nelson Doubleday
- Frank Nelson Doubleday (January 8, 1862 – January 30, 1934), known to friends and family as “Effendi”, founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, which later operated under other names.
- Starting work at the age of 14 after his father's business failed, Doubleday began with Charles Scribner's Sons in New York. His son Nelson Doubleday, son-in-law John Turner Sargent, Sr.
- and grandson Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
- all worked in the company and led it through different periods.
- In 1986, after years of changes in the publishing business, his grandson Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
- as president sold the Doubleday Company to the German group Bertelsmann.
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