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Whittaker & Co.

A lively force in early 19th-century London publishing, this bookseller helped bring major literary and scientific works to readers across Britain. His firm became closely linked with writers including Sir Walter Scott, Mary Russell Mitford, and Frances Trollope.

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Whittaker & Co.'s List of Classical, Educational and Technical Works. July 1889

Whittaker & Co.'s List of Classical, Educational and Technical Works. July 1889

by Whittaker & Co.

About the author

George Byrom Whittaker (1793–1847) was an English bookseller and publisher. Born in Southampton, he entered the London book trade at a young age and went on to build a prominent publishing business in Ave Maria Lane.

He is remembered for bringing energy and ambition to the firm that became known as Whittaker & Co. Among the works associated with his imprint were editions of Sir Walter Scott, and he also published authors such as Mary Russell Mitford, Frances Trollope, George Croly, and Colley Grattan. His business was notable not only for literature, but also for large, illustrated projects such as an English translation of Georges Cuvier's Animal Kingdom.

Whittaker also served as sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1824. After his death in 1847, the publishing house continued under family management, helping the Whittaker name remain familiar in 19th-century British publishing.