| Parent company | Continuum |
|---|---|
| Status | Defunct |
| Founded | 1835 |
| Founder | James Burns |
| Defunct | unknown  |
| Successor | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books |
Burns & Oates was a British Roman Catholic publishing house which most recently existed as an imprint of Continuum.
It was founded by James Burns [1] in 1835, originally as a bookseller. Burns was of Presbyterian background and he gained a reputation as a High Church publisher, producing works by the Tractarians.
In 1847 his business was put in jeopardy when he converted to Catholicism, but the firm was fortunate to receive the support of John Henry Newman, who chose the firm to publish many of his works. The clerics Thomas Edward Bridgett and Ambrose St. John claimed that Newman wrote his novel Loss and Gain specifically to assist Burns. [2]
After a while trading as Burns, James Burns took a partner, renaming the company Burns & Lambert. In 1866 they were joined by a younger man, William Wilfred Oates, making the company Burns, Lambert & Oates and later Burns & Oates. Oates was another Catholic convert, and had previously co-founded the publishing house of Austin & Oates based in Bristol. Burns & Oates passed to his son Wilfred Oates, whose sister Mother Mary Salome became one of the firm’s most successful authors. The company was designated "Publishers to the Holy See" by Pope Leo XIII. For a number of decades a related firm published under the name Burns, Oates & Washbourne [3]
In the United States the company's agent was The Catholic Publications Society of New York.
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