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Chandler Beach

Chandler Belden Beach (1839–1928) was an American entrepreneur and encyclopedist. He founded the publishing company ''C. B. Beach & Company'', later renamed ''F. E. Compton & Co.'' after his associate Frank Compton took it over,

Beach also served as a captain in the American Civil War. As a sales agent in Chicago for the ''Encyclopædia Britannica,'' he soon realized there was a market demand for a more light-weight encyclopedia. Provided by Wikipedia