George H. Mifflin

George Harrison Mifflin (1845 - 1921) was an executive in the publishing business. He served as president of Houghton Mifflin.[1]

Mifflin was born in Boston.[2] He graduated from Harvard. He joined Hurd and Houghton in 1867[3] and worked for its subsidiary Riverside Press.[4] He partnered with Henry Oscar Houghton in 1872.[3]

Houghton died in 1895 and Mifflin took over leadership of the company. He communicated with some of its prominent authors through good times and bad.[5]

Mifflin was at first skeptical of the company's investment in educational publishing.[6] He was socially connected to Sarah Wyman Whitman, who designed elegant book covers for the business.[7]

He died in Boston at aged 75.[1]

Further reading

• The Building of the House: Houghton Mifflin ’s Formative Years by Ellen B. Ballou, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1970
• "George H. Mifflin", Cambridge Tribune XLIV.6 April 9, 1921

References

1. "GEORGE H. MIFFLIN DEAD.; President of Houghton Mifflin Co. Publishers, Dies in Boston at 75". The New York Times. April 6, 1921.
2. "Mifflin, George H. (George Harrison), 1845-1921, - Social Networks and Archival Context".
3. "Publisher: Houghton Mifflin". www.isfdb.org.
4. Inc, Manly (June 9, 2013). Encyclopedia of American Literature. Infobase Learning. ISBN 9781438140773 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. Palmer, Stephanie C. (December 16, 2008). Together by Accident: American Local Color Literature and the Middle Class. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739132128 – via Google Books.
6. Knee, Jonathan A. (November 29, 2016). Class Clowns: How the Smartest Investors Lost Billions in Education. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231543330 – via Google Books.
7. Cook, Doug. "Library Acquires Sarah Whitman Bookbindings | Bowdoin News Archive".