Samuel Bradford
publisher
musician
Biography
Samuel Bradford, a musician and publisher based in Philadelphia, undertook the considerable financial risk of producing Alexander Wilson's landmark work on American ornithology, given the elaborate character of the book. Its publication made Wilson instantly famous among scientific people.
Highlights
- Philadelphia publisher who, despite financial risk, produced Alexander Wilson's landmark ornithology book, making Wilson famous.
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 78.
Public domain.