Chandler Beach

Chandler B. Beach, circa 1914

Chandler Belden Beach(1839–1928) was an American entrepreneur and encyclopedist. He founded the publishing companyC. B. Beach & Company,later renamedF. E. Compton & Co.after his associateFrank Comptontook it over,

Beach also served as a captain in theAmerican Civil War.As a sales agent inChicagofor theEncyclopædia Britannica,he soon realized there was a market demand for a more light-weight encyclopedia.

Works

Beach was the editor and publisher ofYouth's Cyclopedia(2 volumes, 1892) and theStudent's Cyclopaedia(2 volumes, 1893), which turned intoThe Student's Reference Work(1901).

The New Student's Reference Workwas published byC. B. Beach & Company(1909,1911,1912), then byF. E. Compton & Co.from 1912.

Legacy

Frank Comptonwas his associate since 1894, and became the general manager ofC. B. Beach & Companyin 1905. Compton took over the publishing firm when Beach retired in 1907, and the name of the company later changed toF. E. Compton & Co..

F. E. Compton & Co.went on to produceCompton's Pictured Encyclopediain 1922.

Publishing rights to theF.E. Compton & Companyproducts were acquired byEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc.in 1961,and the encyclopedia is still in print asCompton's by Britannica.

Gallery

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  The New Student's Reference Work,1914
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  "Automobile", from the same
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  This pagedigitized at Wikisource

External links

• The New Student's Reference Work,5 volumes, 1914, digitized atWikisource