[Open-access] Crowdsourcing request + BMJ OA Policy

Tue Mar 25 09:04:27 UTC 2014

Actually, let's forget that. The Elsevier (Elzevir) who published Galileo (and Erasmus) has absolutely nothing to do with the eponymous company currently in existence. There is no historical connection whatsoever. The current company was started in 1880 by a few entrepreneurs in Rotterdam which included someone called Jacobus George Robbers who was the one who simply took, possibly for instant recognition and prestige, the name of an illustrious printer/publisher from centuries before for the company as it was not protected in any way at that time..

Jan Velterop

On 25 Mar 2014, at 08:46, Douglas Carnall <dougie.carnall at gmail.com> wrote:

> let's not forget that Elsevier got started by publishing Galileo

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