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Harcourt

American publishing firm

Harcourt was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida, and was known at different stages in its history as Harcourt Brace, & Co.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

1919Founded1
  • HeadquartersNew York City1

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Harcourt was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida, and was known at different stages in its history as Harcourt Brace, & Co. and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. From 1919 to 1982, it was based in New York City.2

The story

Founded by Alfred Harcourt and Donald Brace in 1919.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jun 23, 1998Acquired Morgan Kaufmann Publishers1
  2. 1997Acquired Churchill Livingstone1
  3. 1969Academic Press became a subsidiary1
  4. Succeeded by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt1

Timeline

  1. 2001Acquired Acquired by Elsevier1
  2. Jun 23, 1998Acquisition Acquired Morgan Kaufmann Publishers1
  3. 1919Founded Founded1

Sources

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