F. A. Davis
American publisher1
Frank Allston Davis (September 8, 1850 – January 2, 1917) was a publishing executive who founded the F. A. Davis Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After moving to the Tampa Bay Area, he introduced electricity to St.2
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Born Sep 8, 1850, died Jan 2, 1917.1
About
Petersburg, Florida, and founded the city of Pinellas Park.
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Companies
- F. A. Davis CompanyFounder5
Early life and education
Davis was born in Duxbury, Vermont, and, as a child, worked as a groundskeeper and attended school. His mother died in 1861, after which he lived with Samuel Cook Turner. He worked as a lawnmower salesman in Asbury Park, New Jersey, during the summer of 1870. By 1872, he earned $30 per month as a teacher.
Davis relocated to Philadelphia and worked as an agent for several publishing firms. He married Lizzie Fritz and their son, Alonzo, was born in 1873. In 1879, he was working as an agent for the largest medical publisher in the world, William Wood and Company when he formed his own publishing company, F. A. Davis Company. Similar to William Wood, Davis's company specialized in publishing medical material including medical studies. Davis's first wife died in the 1880s.
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Career
Occupation: publisher.4
- Date not recordedFounded F. A. Davis Company3
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- 1WikidataF. A. Davis on Wikidata
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- 5WikidataF. A. Davis Company, Founder