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Frank Elbert Compton (August 7, 1874 – May 13, 1950) was a publisher of encyclopedias and other reference works, most notably Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia from 1922, later named Compton's Encyclopedia.
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Compton graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and from 1894 he was an associate of publisher Chandler Beach. Compton became the general manager of C. B. Beach & Company in 1905. He took over the firm when Beach retired in 1907, and the company name later changed to F. E. Compton & Co..
Compton spent his career in Chicago and he died in La Jolla, California.
The New Student's Reference Work was published by C. B. Beach & Company until 1912, then by F. E. Compton & Co..
Publishing rights to the F.E. Compton & Company products were acquired by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in 1961,[1] and the encyclopedia is still in print as Compton's by Britannica.
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