1846 Died 1920

Albert E. Reed

Image source: www.valleyconservation.org.uk

Paper manufacturer and Weslian preacher. Born Devon. Established a newsprint manufacturing company in Kent in 1894. By 1965 this had grown to be the Reed Group and in 1993 it merged to become Reed Elsivier. Died Woking.

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Albert E. Reed

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