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When brothers
Daniel
and
Alexander Macmillan
founded their
publishing company in 1843, they created a place that would
recognise and value great contemporary writing. They soon made
their mark on the literary world, publishing a range of works by
extraordinary authors:
Lewis Carroll
,
Alfred Lord Tennyson
,
Thomas Hardy
and
Rudyard Kipling
to name but a few.
Celebrating
175 years
of Macmillan
The beautiful art deco design featured on the opposite page incorporates the letters MM & Co and was regularly
used on dust jackets, book spines and covers from about 1911 to 1937. The designer is unknown, but it may have
been the Art Director of James Burn who created many other Macmillan logos.
We will be releasing more historic Macmillan logos in 2018 as part of the Macmillan Heritage Collection.
As the company grew, so did the two
brothers’ belief in the importance of
learning. They launched the scientific
research journal
Nature
, followed by the
Palgrave
imprint, promoting education
and academic scholarship around the
world. When former British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan became Chairman
in the middle of the twentieth century,
he decided
education
should be a
key
focus area
for the organisation. With his
vision, the company established itself as
a
world-leading
educational publisher
with an outstanding reputation.
175 years
later, we are building on the
Macmillan brothers’
commitment to
learning and innovation
and celebrating the
progress that has been made in education
globally thanks to their vision. Their
love
of learning, reading and education
is as
relevant today as it was in the 19th century
and we are proud to be continuing their
work as we lead the way in pioneering
and
forward-thinking solutions
for
teachers and students across the world.
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