D. C. Heath and Company

D. C. Heath and Company
Ginn and Heath, Maine, circa 1875, the predecessor to

Ginn and Heath Publishing.

D.C. Heath and Co., founded by Edwin Ginn

Daniel Collamore Heath
StatusDefunct
Founded1885
FounderDaniel Collamore Heath
SuccessorHoughton Mifflin
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationLexington, Massachusetts
Publication typesTextbooks

D. C. Heath and Company was an American publishing company specializing in textbooks.[1] It was founded in 1885 in Boston by Edwin Ginn and Daniel Collamore Heath[2] and was later located at 125 Spring Street in Lexington, Massachusetts.[3] From 1966 to 1995 the firm was owned by Raytheon. When Raytheon exited the textbook market, it sold the company to Houghton Mifflin.

  1. ^ George Thomas Kurian, The Directory of American Book Publishing: From Founding Fathers to Today's Conglomerates, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975, p. 142. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ D.C Heath & Co., Somerset Street. Boston Directory. 1891
  3. ^ Jurocracy, ojp.gov. Retrieved 18 March 2024.