Background
John Cassell was born on January 23, 1817 in Manchester. His father was the landlord of a public-house, and John was apprenticed to a joiner.
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John Cassell was born on January 23, 1817 in Manchester. His father was the landlord of a public-house, and John was apprenticed to a joiner.
John Cassell was self-educated, gaining by his own efforts a considerable acquaintance with English literature and a knowledge of French.
John Cassell came to London in 1836 to work at his trade, but his energies at this time were chiefly centred in the cause of temperance, for which he was an active worker.
In 1847 he established himself as a tea and coffee merchant, and soon after started a publishing business with the aim of supplying good literature to the working classes. From the offices of the firm, which became in 1859 Messrs. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. , were issued the Popular Educator (1852 - 1855), the Technical Educator (1870 - 1872), the Magazine 0} Art (1878 - 1903), Cassell's Magazine (from 1852), and numerous editions of standard works. A special feature of Cassell's popular books was the illustration. At the time of the Crimean War he procured from Paris the cuts used in L'Illustration, and by printing them in his Family Paper (begun in 1853) secured a large circulation for it. The firm was converted in 1883 into a limited liability company, under the name of Cassell & Company, Limited.
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John Cassel married Mary Abbott Mary.