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William Maxwell Reed

William Maxwell Reed (January 12, 1871 in Bath, Maine – September 1962) was a pioneering U.S. author of illustrated science books for children.

After schooling at Harvard, he taught astronomy at Harvard and Princeton University.

Reed later went into the steel industry.

Beginning as a series of letters to his nephew, his first book, ''The Earth for Sam'', was published in 1929. The book remains popular and was republished in 2005.

''Earth'' was followed by a series of popular children's information books, many published by Harcourt, Brace. Provided by Wikipedia