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Doubleday

Doubleday is a surname of English origin that has been borne by several notable people and has come to be associated with certain American institutions and organizations.

Abner Doubleday (1819–1893) was a United States Army general who served in the Mexican–American War and the

Doubleday & Company was an American publishing house founded in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday and Nelson

Nelson Doubleday Sr. and Nelson Doubleday Jr. were prominent members of the Doubleday publishing enterprise, helping

In addition to individuals and a publishing imprint, the name Doubleday also appears in the naming of

Civil
War.
He
is
the
subject
of
a
popular
but
historically
unsupported
claim
that
he
invented
baseball;
the
myth
has
been
debunked
by
historians,
though
the
association
remains
part
of
popular
culture.
Doubleday
Field
in
Cooperstown,
New
York,
is
named
in
his
honor
and
is
used
for
amateur
and
youth
baseball
events
near
the
site
of
the
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame.
Doubleday,
Sr.
It
became
a
major
publisher
of
a
wide
range
of
books
and
over
time
was
integrated
into
larger
publishing
groups.
Today
the
Doubleday
imprint
is
part
of
Penguin
Random
House,
reflecting
the
company’s
long
corporate
lineage.
to
guide
the
firm
during
its
growth
and
its
subsequent
consolidation
within
the
broader
publishing
industry.
a
historic
baseball
venue
and
in
discussions
of
American
literary
publishing,
reflecting
the
dual
legacies
of
military
history
and
publishing
associated
with
the
surname.