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James H. McGraw
American businessman (1860ā1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Herbert McGraw (December 17, 1860 in Harmony, New York ā February 21, 1948) was co-founder of what is now McGraw-Hill Education. He was the president of McGraw-Hill from 1917 to 1928. The McGraw Publishing Company and the Hill Publishing Company merged their book departments in 1909.
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