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Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington: Established before 1879 by
Sampson Low, Edward Marston, Samuel Warren Searle, and William John Rivington (d. 1914). Office in Fleet Street, then St. Dunstan's House in
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Of his sons, Sampson Low, Jr., born in London on 6 July 1822, although an invalid, took a considerable share in the business. He compiled a work entitled
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Gilbert Scott's Personal and professional reflections was published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington in 1879.
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