Joseph Wharton Lippincott
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Joseph Wharton Lippincott (February 28, 1887 – October 22, 1976) headed the publishing house of J. B. Lippincott & Co. [1]
The son of J. Bertram Lippincott and Joanna Wharton, daughter of Joseph Wharton, he also wrote seventeen nature books for children, including "The Wahoo Bobcat" (1955).
On his death, his son and namesake Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Jr. took over as head of the business.
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- ^ "Joseph W. Lippincott Dead at 89; Author Headed Publishing House", New York Times, October 23, 1976, Saturday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. "Joseph Wharton Lippincott, an author and the third member of his family to head the publishing house of J.B. Lippincott Company, died yesterday in a hospital in Huntington Valley, Pa., where he had a summer home. His age was 89."
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