Fitzroy Dearborn was an American publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by

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as an imprint of

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Reference in 2002, before Taylor & Francis merged with

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. At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles.

History

Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers was founded in 1994 by Daniel Kirkpatrick and George Walsh. The company was a publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by the UK-based

Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, Routledge, F1000 Research and Dovepress. It is a division of I ...

as an imprint of

Reference in 2002. Taylor & Francis itself subsequently merged with

. At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles, many of them award-winning.

Name

The name of the company was derived from the districts of London and Chicago in which its offices were located, Fitzrovia and Dearborn respectively.

Titles

Fitzroy Dearborn's titles included: *''Dictionary of Artists' Models.'' *''Dictionary of Women Artists.'' *''

Encyclopedia of African History The ''Encyclopedia of African History'' is a three-volume work dedicated to African history. It was edited by Kevin Shillington and published in New York City by Routledge in November 2004. The Library of Congress The Library of Congress ...

'' *''Encyclopedia of AIDS.'' *''Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography.'' *''Encyclopedia of the Essay.'' *''Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition.'' *''Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing.'' *''

Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture The ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture'' (''EIEC'') is an encyclopedia of Indo-European studies and the Proto-Indo-Europeans. The encyclopedia was edited by J. P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams and published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn. A ...

.'' *''Encyclopedia of Interior Design.'' *''Encyclopedia of Life Writing. '' *''Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English.'' *''Encyclopedia of Mexico.'' *''Encyclopedia of Monasticism.'' *''Encyclopedia of the Novel. '' *''Encyclopedia of the Palestinians.'' *''Encyclopedia of Sculpture.'' *''Encyclopedia of Television.'' *''International Book Publishing An Encyclopedia.'' *''Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century.'' *''Reader's Guide to American History.'' *''Reader's Guide to the History of Science.'' *''Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies'' *''Reader's Guide to Literature in English.'' *''Reader's Guide to Military History.'' *''Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.'' *''Reference Guide to Russian Literature.''

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