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John Bartlett

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

John Bartlett 1820–1905, American compiler and publisher, b. Plymouth, Mass. While he worked in his university book store in Cambridge, he compiled the invaluable Familiar Quotations (1855), which ran through nine editions in his lifetime and has been revised and enlarged several times since. Bartlett joined the publishing firm of Little, Brown & Company in 1863 and in 1878 became senior partner. His Shakespeare concordance (1894) is still a standard work.

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Bartlett, John

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | | Copyright

Bartlett, John (1820–1905), owner of the University Book Store at Cambridge, a meeting place for Harvard professors and students. “Ask John Bartlett” was the customary saying when anyone sought a book or quotation. His reference book Familiar Quotations was first published in 1855.

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