13 Facts About Longman

1.

Longman, known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

FactSnippet No. 618,936
2.

Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business.

FactSnippet No. 618,937
3.

Longman entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Osborn, who held one-sixth of the shares in Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia.

FactSnippet No. 618,938
4.

Longman himself was one of the six booksellers, who undertook the responsibility of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary.

FactSnippet No. 618,939
5.

In 1754, Longman took into partnership his nephew, Thomas Longman, and the title of the firm became 'T.

FactSnippet No. 618,940
6.

In 1799, Longman purchased the copyright of Lindley Murray's English Grammar, which had an annual sale of about 50 copies.

FactSnippet No. 618,941
7.

Longman published the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and Scott, and acted as London agent for the Edinburgh Review, which was started in 1802.

FactSnippet No. 618,942
8.

Thomas Longman edited a beautifully illustrated edition of the New Testament, and William Longman was the author of several important books, among them a History of the Three Cathedrals dedicated to St Paul and a work on the History of the Life and Times of Edward III (1873).

FactSnippet No. 618,943
9.

Longman later inherited the shares of W E Green and became a shareholder in 1918.

FactSnippet No. 618,944
10.

Longman survived this crisis, however, and became a public company in 1948.

FactSnippet No. 618,945
11.

Longman was acquired by the global publisher Pearson, owner of Penguin and The Financial Times, in 1968.

FactSnippet No. 618,946
12.

Longman continued to exist as an imprint of Pearson, under the name 'Pearson Longman'.

FactSnippet No. 618,947
13.

Pearson Longman specialized in English, including English as a second or foreign language, history, economics, philosophy, political science, and religion.

FactSnippet No. 618,948