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W. W. Norton & Company company history timeline

1925

In 1925 Warder Norton spent six weeks in Europe, meeting publishers in England and on the continent.

1930

In 1930 Norton became more seriously involved in college publishing when it acquired a substantial number of titles in print and under contract from textbook publisher F.S. Crofts.

1932

Norton began publishing important titles in psychiatry in 1932 with the publication of Franz Alexander's The Medical Value of Psychoanalysis.

1945

Late in 1945, shortly after the end of the war, Warder Norton died at the age of 54 following a brief illness.

1974

Countryman had a 23-year history and published a series of adventure guides for explorers, hikers, and bicyclists. It was only the second acquisition in Norton's history, the first being Liveright Publishing Corporation in 1974.

1984

The company established Norton Professional Books in 1984.

1994

In 1994 W. Drake McFeely became president, and Donald Lamm was promoted to chairman.

1998

As Norton celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1998, it could look back on a history of balance and stability.

2012

In 2012, a revived Liveright inaugurated its first original list in four decades, with new works by Gail Collins, R. Crumb, J.G. Ballard, and Jim Holt.

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