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Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd.
Type Chambers Harrap is an Hachette Livre UK company
Genre Reference
Founded First publication in 1819
Headquarters Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Industry Publishing
Products (see below)
Employees ~30
Website www.chambersharrap.co.uk

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History of Chambers

Chambers was founded as "W. & R. Chambers" by William and Robert Chambers. Robert Chambers ( 10 July 1802 &ndash 17 March 1871) was a Scottish Author and Publisher, who in partnership They were born into a rich, mill-owning family in Peebles in Scotland in 1800 and 1802 respectively, during the time of the war with France. The war impoverished the family and, in 1813, the family left Peebles for Edinburgh. Robert remained at home to finish his education, but William was forced to find work to support his parents. He was a keen reader and would get up early in the morning to read by the dawn light because he was too poor to buy candles. He was apprenticed to a bookseller, at the sum of 4 shillings a week. Robert, also an avid reader, could not go to university when he finished school because his parents could not afford to pay. He too moved to Edinburgh, rented a one-roomed shop in Leith Walk, and set himself up as a bookseller when he was just 16 years old. William's apprenticeship came to an end when he turned 18 and he joined Robert working in the shop.

Although they had had a modest beginning, the brothers began to do well. They had no training in printing and binding but together they printed, bound and published 750 copies of The Songs of Robert Burns in around 1819. This was the nearest thing to a guaranteed best-seller in 19th-century Edinburgh, and brought further profits and some fame.

In 1824, Robert wrote and the brothers published Traditions of Edinburgh. Education was always the main priority for William and Robert. In 1832, they published The Chambers Journal, a weekly newspaper containing articles on subjects such as history, religion, language and science, many of which were written by Robert himself. It was an immediate success and within a few years the weekly circulation had risen to 84,000 copies. This put an end to their struggle to survive although they still had to work hard.

Chambers is still based in Edinburgh today and publishes an extensive list of innovative and ultra-reliable language and reference titles, covering English-language dictionaries, thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, and specialist titles on subjects such as biography, quotations, literary characters, science and technology and world history.

Chambers List

Chambers Harrap Publishers is best known for its flagship title, The Chambers Dictionary, which contains more words and definitions than any other single-volume dictionary and is known for its occasional humorous definition. The tenth edition of The Chambers Dictionary of the English language was published in 2006 by Chambers Harrap Publishers. The Chambers list is currently split into the following areas:

Harrap

Chambers purchased the formerly independent Harrap's in the 1990s. Harrap mainly publishes biligual dictionaries, for instance Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary. Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary, published by Chambers Harrap Publishers, is one of the best known English/French bilingual dictionaries in the United Kingdom and The Harrap list also includes study aids, slang dictionaries, phrasebooks and business dictionaries. In the UK, Harrap publishes bilingual titles in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Polish.

Slang

At the end of 2007 Chambers Harrap Publishers acquired the rights to publish the renowned British slang lexicographer Jonathon Green's Slang Dictionary as Chambers Slang Dictionary, originally published by Cassell of the Orion Publishing Group. Orion Publishing Group Ltd is a UK -based Book Publisher. It is owned by Hachette Livre. Orion Publishing Group Ltd is a UK -based Book Publisher. It is owned by Hachette Livre. This new edition is due for release in October 2008.

Brewer's

On 1 January 2008, Chambers Harrap Publishers acquired the Brewer's list from Orion Publishing Group, including the famous Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Orion Publishing Group Ltd is a UK -based Book Publisher. It is owned by Hachette Livre. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, sometimes referred to simply as Brewer's — is a Reference work containing definitions and explanations of many

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The tenth edition of The Chambers Dictionary of the English language was published in 2006 by Chambers Harrap Publishers. Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary, published by Chambers Harrap Publishers, is one of the best known English/French bilingual dictionaries in the United Kingdom and William Chambers of Glenormiston ( April 16, 1800 - May 20, 1883) was a Scottish Publisher and politician the brother Rev Dr Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (born Norwich, 1810 died Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire March 6, 1897) was the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary
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