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Details are in the Joe Haines reference on Maxwell. The Butterworth-Springer arrangement perhaps was not a separate business, but a coordination between Butterworth and Springer Verlag that involved Paul Rosbaud. Rather than dissolve, a sale was made to Maxwell, with Rosbaud carrying on for a time.Rgdboer (talk) 22:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Butterworth-Springer was a company set up jointly by Springer, the world’s leading scientific publisher, and Butterworths, an existing UK publisher, which was formed in response to a UK government Scientific Advisory Board, which had recognised the importance of having up-to-date scientific publications, and wanted a British publisher which could match the expertise and quality of Springer. Paul Rosbaud has been the scientific editor for Springer and had also acted as a spy for the British during the war. He was involved in setting up Butterworth-Springer, and became its scientific editor.
Robert Maxwell was appointed to the Allied body which was running Germany after the war and was able to help Springer get back into business. He left this position, and set up a distirbution company which got world-wide distribution rights for Springer. He also got the distribution rights for the new company. After a few years, Butterworth dropped out, and Maxwell bought up the company, changing its name to Pergamon Press. There is more information in Tom Bower's biography of Maxwell[1] which Maxwell tried very hard to keep off the shelves - but didnt succeed. Epzcaw (talk) 20:44, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
References
^ Tom Bower (1988) Maxwell the outsider, Viking Penguin, p. 436. ISBN978-0948149887
