Marshall Cavendish
Encyclopedia
Marshall Cavendish is a subsidiary company of Times Publishing Group, the printing and publishing subsidiary of Singapore
-based conglomerate Fraser and Neave
and at present is a publisher of book
s, directories
and magazine
s. Marshall Cavendish was established in the United Kingdom
in 1968 by Norman Marshall
and Patrick Cavendish. Times Publishing Group acquired it in 1980.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
-based conglomerate Fraser and Neave
Fraser and Neave
Fraser & Neave Limited is a food and beverage, brewing, property and publishing & printing industries conglomerate in Singapore.Listed in Singapore, the group’s subsidiaries and associated companies include Frasers Centrepoint, Asia Pacific Breweries and Times Publishing...
and at present is a publisher of book
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
s, directories
Directory (databases)
Generally, a directory, as used in computing and telephony, refers to a repository or database of information which is heavily optimized for reading, under the assumption that data updates are very rare compared to data reads...
and magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s. Marshall Cavendish was established in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1968 by Norman Marshall
Norman Marshall
Norman Edgar Marshall was a West Indian cricketer. He was born in the Welchman Hall Plantation, Saint Thomas, Barbados and played in a Test match against Australia in 1955...
and Patrick Cavendish. Times Publishing Group acquired it in 1980.
Book selection
- How It Works (later reprinted and updated by H. S. Stuttman for the USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, titled The Illustrated Science and Invention EncyclopediaThe Illustrated Science and Invention EncyclopediaThe Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia was originally published in parts in the United Kingdom under the title How It Works, by Marshall Cavendish Limited, and republished in the United States in 1974, by H.S. Stuttman Publishers in Westport, Connecticut, in 21 v....
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