Nelson Thornes was a
publishing firm located in
Cheltenham,
UK.
Started in 1968, as Stanley Thornes, the company began primarily publishing English
textbook
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s for students before branching out into other areas of
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
. In 2001 Stanley Thornes through its parent company
Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer N.V. () is a Dutch information services company. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands (Global) and Philadelphia, United States (corporate). Wolters Kluwer in its current form was founded in 1987 with a m ...
acquired
Thomas Nelson & Sons, and Nelson Thornes was formed as a company. Nelson Thornes also includes acquired companies BEAM (BE a Mathematician) specialising in Primary Mathematics and Moorhouse Black (Now NTDL) who provide
distance learning
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...
solutions. Until January 2013, it was owned by
Infinitas Learning
Infinitas Learning is a Dutch educational publishing company. It was formed from Bridgepoint Capital's purchase of the educational division of Wolters Kluwer.
Imprints
The company issues books under the following imprints (brands):
Current
*No ...
, the former education division of Wolters Kluwer now owned by
Bridgepoint Capital.
Nelson Thornes was purchased by
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...
(OUP) in January 2013.
Following acquisition, OUP decided to wind down Nelson Thornes as a separate entity, merging it with its existing Education division. The head office of Nelson Thornes in Cheltenham closed in March 2015, and all former Nelson Thornes products were made available via OUP. Nelson Thornes continues to exist as a dormant shell company, having not been formally liquidated by OUP.
References
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External links
Official website BEAM Website Oxford University Press Website
Publishing companies of the United Kingdom