Saunders
Saunders is an American academic publisher based in the United States. It is currently an imprint of Elsevier. Formerly independent, the W. Saunders company was acquired by CBS in 1968, who added it to their publishing division Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
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Saunders
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- Saunders
- Founded
- Saunders was established or created in 1888.
- Headquarters
- Saunders has its headquarters at Philadelphia.
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Saunders is an American academic publisher based in the United States. It is currently an imprint of Elsevier. Formerly independent, the W. Saunders company was acquired by CBS in 1968, who added it to their publishing division Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
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When CBS left the publishing field in 1986, it sold the academic publishing units to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Harcourt was acquired by Reed Elsevier in 2001. Saunders published the Kinsey Reports and Dorland's medical reference works. Elsevier still sells the latter under the Saunders imprint.
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• Name — Saunders • Parent — Private, Elsevier • Founder — Walter Burns Saunders • Country — United States • Headquarters — Philadelphia • Topics — Medicine • Url — https: store.elsevier.com/Saunders/IMP_23/
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Saunders was established or created in 1888.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 123183501X, Saunders.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 123183501X, Saunders.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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