Albert Edwin Reed
Albert Edwin Reed (1846–1920) was the founder of Reed Elsevier, formerly Reed International, one the United Kingdom's largest professional publishing businesses.
Career
Entering 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 interests
Reed was a staunch Methodist and a philanthropist.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Press Gazette". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d Funding Universe
- ^ "Bishops Falls". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
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