Charles Coffin Little
American publisher (1799–1869)
Charles Coffin Little (July 25, 1799 – August 11, 1869) was an American publisher. He is best known for co-founding Little, Brown and Company with James Brown.2
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Born Jul 25, 1799, died Aug 11, 1869.1
Companies
- Little, Brown and CompanyFounder9
Early life and education
Charles Coffin Little was born on July 25, 1799, in Kennebunk, Maine.
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Career
Occupation: publisher.4
- Date not recordedFounded Little, Brown and Company3
Little arrived in Boston early in life. He entered a shipping house, and around 1826–27 worked with booksellers Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins in Boston, along with William Hilliard, Harrison Gray, and John H. Wilkins. He worked there until 1837, when he formed his partnership with James Brown under the style of Charles C. Little and Company. Little and Brown had previously been clerks, and were later partners, in a bookstore in Boston founded in 1784 by Ebenezer Battelle. The name of Little and Brown's firm was subsequently changed, due to the admission of other partners, to Little, Brown, and Co. Little was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1855.
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Personal life
- BornJul 25, 1799, Kennebunk5
- DiedAug 11, 1869, Cambridge6
- CitizenshipUnited States7
- SpouseSarah Ann Hilliard8
Little's daughter, Sarah Ellen Little, married Richard Aldrich McCurdy.
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