1777–1869) entered the house as an apprentice. In 1794, he took Owen Rees as a partner in the same year, Thomas Brown (c. He greatly extended the colonial trade of the firm. Upon the death of his uncle in 1755, Longman became sole proprietor. In 1754, Longman took into partnership his nephew, Thomas Longman (1730–1797), and the title of the firm became 'T. Longman himself was one of the six booksellers, who undertook the responsibility of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1746–1755). Longman entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Osborn, who held one-sixth of the shares in Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia (1728).
Taylor's two shops in Paternoster Row, London, were known respectively as the Black Swan and the Ship, premises at that time having signs rather than numbers, and became the publishing house premises. In August 1724, he purchased the stock and household goods of William Taylor, the first publisher of Robinson Crusoe, for £ 2282 9s 6d. Thomas was apprenticed in 1716 to John Osborn, a London bookseller, and at the expiration of his apprenticeship married Osborn's daughter. The Longman company was founded by Thomas Longman (1699 – 18 June 1755), the son of Ezekiel Longman (died 1708), a gentleman of Bristol. The Longman brand is also used for the Longman Schools in China and the Longman Dictionary. Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC. For other uses, see Longman (disambiguation).
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