R.R. Bowker

American publishing company from 1868, acquired 1878 by Richard Rogers Bowker
Organization publishing_house Q21809557
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R.R. Bowker

Summary

R.R. Bowker is a publishing house[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #137 of 994).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to R.R. Bowker is Books In Print[3].
  • R.R. Bowker was a member of International DOI Foundation[4].
  • R.R. Bowker is in the country of United States[5].
  • R.R. Bowker's instance of is recorded as publishing house[6].
  • R.R. Bowker's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • R.R. Bowker's founder is recorded as Frederick Leypoldt[8].
  • R.R. Bowker's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[9].
  • R.R. Bowker's headquarters location is recorded as New Providence[10].
  • R.R. Bowker's ISNI is recorded as 0000000109438963[11].
  • R.R. Bowker's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 142671788[12].
  • R.R. Bowker's GND ID is recorded as 1086547160[13].
  • R.R. Bowker's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79046287[14].
  • R.R. Bowker's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11882868n[15].
  • R.R. Bowker's IdRef ID is recorded as 026615304[16].
  • R.R. Bowker's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA03151942[17].
  • R.R. Bowker's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36242394[18].
  • +1868-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of R.R. Bowker[19].
  • R.R. Bowker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fv52w[20].
  • R.R. Bowker's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0045694[21].
  • R.R. Bowker's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cambridge Information Group[22].
  • R.R. Bowker's official website is recorded as http://www.bowker.com/[23].
  • R.R. Bowker's National Library of Portugal ID is recorded as 85024[24].
  • R.R. Bowker's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90521752[25].
  • R.R. Bowker's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2003055192[26].
  • R.R. Bowker's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 549300W5Z4TMPV0HCL57[27].

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Founding

R.R. Bowker's founder is recorded as Frederick Leypoldt[8]. +1868-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[19].

Operations

Headquarters locations include New York City[9], a global city[28], in United States[29], founded in 1624[30] and New Providence[10], a borough of New Jersey[31], in United States[32]. R.R. Bowker's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cambridge Information Group[22].

Why It Matters

R.R. Bowker draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #137 of 994).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . doi.org. Retrieved . doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 27d ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder Frederick Leypoldt
    Library of congress authority id n79046287
    National library of lithuania id LNB:V*79804;=BO
    Isni 0000000109438963
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