| 词条 | Albert Edwin Reed |
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Albert Edwin Reed (1846–1920) was the founder of Reed Elsevier, formerly Reed International, one the United Kingdom's largest professional publishing businesses. CareerEntering the paper industry as a boy, Albert Reed first managed or part-owned paper businesses before he acquired a fire-damaged building, Upper Tovil Mill, near Maidstone in Kent in 1894.[1] Albert Reed specialised in the production of paper suitable for halftone blocks[2] for which there was considerable demand at the time and by 1903 he owned seven mills.[2] Under his leadership the business expanded rapidly securing an order to supply newsprint for the Daily Mirror in 1904.[2] Reed was importing paper from a mill in Canada by 1911.[3] He died in 1920, leaving the management of the business to his twin sons.[2] Other interestsReed was a staunch Methodist and a philanthropist.[1] References1. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=40427 |title=Press Gazette |access-date=2009-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616183027/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=40427 |archive-date=2011-06-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Albert Edward}}{{UK-business-bio-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 Funding Universe 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.bishopsfalls100.com/page9.html |title=Bishops Falls |access-date=2009-06-06 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hKy8XtoR?url=http://www.bishopsfalls100.com/page9.html |archive-date=2009-06-06 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 3 : 1846 births|1920 deaths|British businesspeople |
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