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About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was founded in 1807, during the Jefferson presidency. In the early years, Wiley was best known for publishing the works of Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and other 19th-century American literary giants. By the turn of the century, Wiley was established as a leading publisher of scientific and technical information.

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