Charles Gilbert Sower (21 November 1821,
Norristown, Pennsylvania
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– 23 March 1902) was a printer and publisher in
Philadelphia
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.
Biography
He was the great grandson of
Christopher Sower the younger, and inherited the family printing and publishing operations. He moved the establishment to Philadelphia in 1844, where he continued publishing, first in his own name, then successively as Sower and Barnes, then as Sower, Barnes and Potts, and then as Sower, Potts and Co.
In 1888, 150 years after it was founded by
Christopher Sower the elder, the house was incorporated as the Christopher Sower Company by a charter granted by
Pennsylvania
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. In the late 19th century, Charles Gilbert Sower was still president of the company.
Sower, Barnes and Potts published ''Familiar science, or, The scientific explanation of common things''. It was at 87 North Third Street.
Publishings
Sower, Potts and Co.
*''The Normal Educational Series of School and College Textbooks''
*''Peterson's Familiar Science''
*''Bouvier's Astronomy''
*''Hillside's Geology''
[''Peterson's Familiar Science'' by John Henry Pepper 1861 edition advertising]
*''Fairbanks's Bookkeeping''
*''Jarvis's Chiming Bells''
*''Pelton's Outline Maps''
References
Additional sources
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1821 births
1902 deaths
American printers
American publishers (people)
Businesspeople from Philadelphia
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