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Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers

Fitzroy Dearborn was an American publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by Taylor & Francis as an imprint of Routledge Reference in 2002, before Taylor & Francis merged with Informa. At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles.2 It was founded in 1994.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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  • HeadquartersChicago1

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Fitzroy Dearborn was an American publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by Taylor & Francis as an imprint of Routledge Reference in 2002, before Taylor & Francis merged with Informa.2

The story

Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers was founded in 1994 by Daniel Kirkpatrick and George Walsh. The company was a publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by the UK-based Taylor & Francis Group as an imprint of Routledge Reference in 2002. Taylor & Francis itself subsequently merged with Informa.

At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles, many of them award-winning.

From Wikipedia’s article on Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Fitzroy Dearborn's titles included:

Dictionary of Artists' Models. ISBN 1-57958-233-8

Dictionary of Women Artists. ISBN 1-884964-21-4

Encyclopedia of African History

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Encyclopedia of AIDS. ISBN 1-57958-007-6

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography. ISBN 1-57958-009-2

Encyclopedia of the Essay. ISBN 1-884964-30-3

Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. ISBN 1-57958-141-2

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing. ISBN 1-884964-33-8

Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. ISBN 1-884964-98-2

Encyclopedia of Interior Design. ISBN 1-884964-19-2

Encyclopedia of Life Writing. ISBN 1-57958-232-X

Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English. ISBN 1-884964-36-2

Encyclopedia of Mexico. ISBN 1-884964-31-1

Encyclopedia of Monasticism. ISBN 1-57958-090-4

Encyclopedia of the Novel. ISBN 1-57958-015-7

Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. ISBN 1-57958-208-7

Encyclopedia of Sculpture. ISBN 1-57958-248-6

Encyclopedia of Television. ISBN 1-884964-26-5

International Book Publishing An Encyclopedia. ISBN 1-884964-16-8

Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century. ISBN 1-57958-313-X

Reader's Guide to American History. ISBN 1-884964-22-2

Reader's Guide to the History of Science. ISBN 1-884964-29-X

Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies ISBN 1-57958-142-0

Reader's Guide to Literature in English. ISBN 1-884964-20-6

Reader's Guide to Military History. ISBN 1-57958-241-9

Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. ISBN 1-57958-091-2

Reference Guide to Russian Literature. ISBN 1-884964-10-9

From Wikipedia’s article on Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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