Alred Smith Barnes (born January 28, 1817 in New Haven, Connecticut; died February 17, 1888 in Brooklyn, New York) was an American publisher. January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: The Elm City Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA New Haven Region South Central Region Settled 1638 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1895 Government type Mayor-board of aldermen  - Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

Publishing Company

He founded the A.S. Barnes publishing company when he was 16, and it soon became the leading publisher of textbooks in the United States. In the 1950s, they became the major publisher of sports reference books, with groundbreaking books such as The Baseball Encyclopedia by Hy Turkin and S.C. Thompson and Roger Treat's Football Encyclopedia. Both titles represented the first entry in the genre for their respective sports. Two textbooks A textbook is a book that strives to teach a student about a particular discipline, usually academic, and they are usually divided into chapters based on subject area. ... 1952 Baseball Encyclopedia Hy Turkin (born May 9, 1915 in New York, New York, died June 24, 1955) was a sportswriter best known for co-editing the first baseball encyclopedia. ...

In addition to its prominence in the fields of textbook and sports publishing, A. S. Barnes & Co. was a major general publisher of titles on an enormous range of subjects.

Barnes managed his company until his retirement in 1880. The company continued to publish until 1982.

[N.B.: Bibliographic entries sometimes cite this publisher as "Barnes", omitting the initials "A. S."]

Philanthropy

Barnes was a major benefactor of Cornell University and one of the chief proponents of building an elevated railroad in New York City Cornell redirects here. ... Subway redirects here; for the restaurant named Subway, see Subway (restaurant). ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City...

External links

• Entry at FamousAmericans.net
• Article on Major American Publishers