Chapman and Hall

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Chapman and Hall was a British publishing house, founded in the first half of the 19th century by Edward Chapman and William Hall. Upon Hall's death in 1847, Chapman's cousin Frederic Chapman became partner in the company, of which he became sole manager upon the retirement of Edward Chapman in 1864. In 1868 author Anthony Trollope bought a third of the company for his son, Henry Merivale Trollope. From 1902 to 1930 the company's managing director was Arthur Waugh. In the 1930s the company merged with Methuen, a merger which, in 1955 participated in forming the Associated Book Publishers. The latter was acquired by The Thomson Corporation in 1987. Today the name of Chapman and Hall is mostly used as an imprint by The Thomson Corporation.

Most notably, the company were publishers for Charles Dickens (from 1840 until 1844 and again from 1858 until 1870), and William Thackeray. They continued to publish hitherto unpublished Dickens material well into the 20th century.