History of Juliustown, (Burlington County) New Jersey United States of America

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Joshua Ballinger Lippincott, publisher, was born in Juliustown, N.J., March 18, 1813; son of Jacob and Sarah (Ballinger) Lippincott; grandson of Levi Lippincott; great grandson of Jonathan Lippincott, great2 grandson of James Lippincott, great3 grandson of Restore and Hannah (Shattuck) Lippincott and great4 grandson of Richard and Abigail Lippincott. In 1824 he went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he was a clerk in Clark's bookstore, 1827-31, and was manager of the business, 1881-36. In 1836 he founded the publishing house of J. B. Lippincott & Co. He was married, Oct. 16, 1845, to Josephine, daughter of Seth Craigie of Philadelphia. In 1849 he bought the stock of Grigg, Elliot & Co., then the largest book jobbind house in the United States, and in 1850 he formed the partnership firm of Lippincott, Grambo & Co., and on June 30, 1855, that of J. B. Lippincott & Co. In 1855 they published Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World; in 1868 Lippincott's Magazine was established and soon afterward the Medical Times. They also published The Biographical Dictionary, Allibone's Dictionary of Authors, an edition of Chambers's Encyclop?dia and other important works. Mr. Lippincott was a director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. 1876-85. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 5, 1886.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Juliustown, (Burlington County) New Jersey

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