George P. Rowell

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George P. Rowell
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Born(1838-07-04)July 4, 1838
Concord, Vermont
DiedAugust 28, 1908(1908-08-28) (aged 70)
OccupationAdvertising executive, publisher

George Presbury Rowell (July 4, 1838 - August 28, 1908) was an American advertising executive and publisher. He founded Printers' Ink , the first advertising trade magazine, in 1888. [1] [2]

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Life and career

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Office of Geo. P. Rowell, New York, 1860s

George P. Rowell was born in Concord, Vermont on July 4, 1838 and grew up in Lancaster, New Hampshire. [4]

In the early 1860s, he opened an advertising agency in Boston. He offered advertising space in New England newspapers and eventually nationwide. In 1869, he issued the first Rowell's American Newspaper Directory listing 5,778 American papers. [5] Eventually, he opened an office on the ground floor of the New York Times building.

Rowell died in Poland Spring, Maine. [6]

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References

  1. Pendergrast, Mark (2000). For God, Country, and Coca Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It. Basic Books, ISBN   9780465054688
  2. Mierau, Christina B. (2000). Accept No Substitutes!: The History of American Advertising. Twenty-First Century Books, ISBN   9780822517429
  3. Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory, New York: Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 1869
  4. Morris, Charles, ed. (1896). Men of the Century: An Historical Work. L. R. Hammersly & Co. p. 67. Retrieved August 19, 2020 via Internet Archive.
  5. Staff report (November 1, 1905). George P. Rowell retires: The dean of the advertising men honored at a dinner. New York Times
  6. Staff report (August 29, 1908). "George P. Rowell Dead.; New York Publisher Dies at Poland Springs, Me." New York Times