This expense caused a rift between Hooper and his business partner, Walter Montgomery Jackson; their protracted legal fight (1908–1909) and public corporate wrangling caused The Times to cancel its contract to sponsor the 11th edition in 1908.
Walter M. Jackson (1863–1923) was the founder of encyclopedia publisher Grolier, Inc., and he was the partner of Horace Everett Hooper in publishing the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and in developing its 11th edition.
Walter M. Jackson's company Grolier acquired the rights to publish it in the U.S. under the name The Book of Knowledge (1910).
Walter Montgomery Jackson (1863–1923) was the founder of encyclopedia publisher Grolier, Inc., and he was the partner of Horace Everett Hooper in publishing the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and in developing its 11th edition.
•
Jackson founded the Grolier Society, which specialized in making extra-fine editions of classics and rare literature.
•
Grolier, Inc. subsequently became a large publisher of general encyclopaedias, including Academic American Encyclopedia, and the software Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
•
The Children's Encyclopedia was a 10-volume compilation of a popular children's journal of the same name founded and edited by Arthur Mee and published by Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe.
Michael Jackson | Andrew Jackson | Walter Scott | Peter Jackson | Montgomery | Janet Jackson | Montgomery, Alabama | Sir Walter Scott | Jackson | Jackson Pollock | Jackson, Mississippi | Montgomery County | Samuel L. Jackson | Walter Cronkite | Walter Raleigh | Walter Benjamin | Port Jackson | Jackson Browne | Stonewall Jackson | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | Montgomery County, Maryland | Jesse Jackson | Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | Alan Jackson | Walter Mondale | John Michael Montgomery | The Jackson 5 | Glenda Jackson | Walter Matthau | Reggie Jackson |