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Pergamon Press was a United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 based publishing house, founded by Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell

Ian Robert Maxwell Military Cross was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Parliament of the United Kingdom , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire, which collapsed after his death due to the fraudulent transactions Maxwell had committed to support his business empire, including illegal use of p...
, which published scientific and medical books and journals. It was purchased by the academic publishing giant Elsevier
Elsevier

Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has substantial operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
 in 1992.








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Pergamon Press was a United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 based publishing house, founded by Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell

Ian Robert Maxwell Military Cross was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Parliament of the United Kingdom , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire, which collapsed after his death due to the fraudulent transactions Maxwell had committed to support his business empire, including illegal use of p...
, which published scientific and medical books and journals. It was purchased by the academic publishing giant Elsevier
Elsevier

Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has substantial operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
 in 1992.

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