Robert Evans Peterson
1812 - 1894
Robert Evans Peterson was an American book publisher and author. Along with George William Childs, he founded the publishing house of Childs & Peterson. He was a member of the Peterson family of publishers including his brother Henry Peterson and his cousin Charles Jacobs Peterson.
He worked in the hardware business until 1834. He assisted his father-in-law in editing his law works. In order to absolve the debt of his clients, Daniels & Smith, booksellers, purchased their business, and operated it as R. E. Peterson & Co.On the death of John Bouvier in 1851, he partnered with George W. Childs and established the publishing house of Childs & Peterson, which became involved in 1857-58. Peterson then retired from the publishing and bookselling business and took up the study of medicine.
He died on October 30, 1894, at his summer residence in Asbury Park, New Jersey and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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