Appleton-Century

E161292

American company publishing company

Appleton-Century was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and scientific works in the early to mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
D. Appleton-Century Company	2
Appleton-Century canonical	1
Appleton-Century-Crofts	1
D. Appleton & Company	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T975765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Appleton-Century
Context triple: [The Behavior of Organisms, publisher, Appleton-Century]

A. Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
B. Doubleday
Doubleday is a major American publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction books.
C. Harper & Row
Harper & Row was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship.
D. Random House
Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
E. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Appleton-Century
Target entity description: Appleton-Century was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and scientific works in the early to mid-20th century.

A. Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
B. Doubleday
Doubleday is a major American publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction books.
C. Harper & Row
Harper & Row was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship.
D. Random House
Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
E. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (11)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focus	academic works ⓘ scientific works ⓘ
industry	publishing ⓘ
notablePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
product	books ⓘ
reputation	influential academic publisher ⓘ influential scientific publisher ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Behavior of Organisms → publisher → Appleton-Century ⓘ

Verbal Behavior → publisher → Appleton-Century ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appleton-Century-Crofts

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → publisher → Appleton-Century ⓘ

this entity surface form: D. Appleton & Company

The Buccaneers → publisher → Appleton-Century ⓘ

this entity surface form: D. Appleton-Century Company

A Backward Glance → publisher → Appleton-Century ⓘ