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George N. (George Nathaniel) Morang
1866–1937
A Canadian publisher and educator, he helped shape the country’s early book trade and school publishing world. He is especially remembered for building a Toronto publishing house and for championing a stronger Canadian position on copyright.
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The Copyright Question: A Letter to the Toronto Board of Trade
by George N. (George Nathaniel) Morang
About the author
Born in 1866 and later active in Toronto, he became an important figure in Canadian publishing at the turn of the 20th century. Reliable biographical sources describe him as a publisher and educator, and record that he worked in Canada for Appleton and as an agent for Macmillan before establishing his own firm.
His name is closely tied to George N. Morang & Company and later the Morang Educational Company. His publishing business issued a wide range of books, and his Toronto house published the well-known Makers of Canada series, a major historical and biographical project of its day.
He also wrote The Copyright Question: A Letter to the Toronto Board of Trade, which shows how deeply he cared about the future of publishing in Canada. He died in 1937, leaving a legacy rooted less in a large body of personal writing than in the books, educational publishing, and literary infrastructure he helped bring into being.