The Macmillan Company

E279065

book publisher publishing company

The Macmillan Company was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship from the late 19th through the 20th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Macmillan	10
The Macmillan Company canonical	3
Macmillan Company	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2538264 — 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: The Macmillan Company
Context triple: [Science and the Modern World, publisher, The Macmillan Company]

A. 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.
B. Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
C. George Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
D. 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.
E. Appleton-Century
Appleton-Century was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and scientific works in the early to mid-20th century.
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: The Macmillan Company
Target entity description: The Macmillan Company was a major American publishing house known for producing influential works in literature, education, and academic scholarship from the late 19th through the 20th century.

A. 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.
B. Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
C. George Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
D. 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.
E. Appleton-Century
Appleton-Century was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and scientific works in the early to mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book publisher ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
activePeriod	20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Macmillan Publishers ⓘ surface form: Macmillan family publishing enterprise
businessModel	commercial publishing ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributionArea	North America ⓘ
field	academic scholarship ⓘ education ⓘ literature ⓘ
foundedBy	George Edward Brett ⓘ Macmillan and Co. ⓘ surface form: Macmillan & Co. of London
genrePublished	academic publishing ⓘ children’s literature ⓘ classic literature ⓘ educational publishing ⓘ
hasPart	Macmillan Children’s Publishing operations in the United States ⓘ
hasPublicationType	encyclopedias ⓘ hardcover books ⓘ paperback books ⓘ reference series ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
industry	publishing ⓘ
influenced	American educational publishing ⓘ American literary culture ⓘ university-level scholarship publishing ⓘ
languageOfPublication	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
market	United States book market ⓘ
notableFor	publishing educational materials ⓘ publishing influential literary works ⓘ publishing scholarly works ⓘ
parentOrganization	Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
product	academic journals ⓘ books ⓘ reference works ⓘ textbooks ⓘ
publisherOf	college textbooks ⓘ humanities scholarship ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ school textbooks ⓘ scientific works ⓘ
reputation	major American publishing house ⓘ

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