Once in charge, Wiley phased out all publishing programs not concerned with science and technology and established the firm as America's premier publisher of scientific and technical books. By 1895 the company became a worldwide organization, distributing American scientific knowledge around the globe. Wiley died in East Orange on May 2, 1925, and was interred in Rosedale Cemetery in Orange, New Jersey. References External links Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Hall of Fame Entry John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Corporate History 19th-century American businesspeople American book publishers (people) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni 1842 births 1925 deaths Politicians from East Orange, New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Burials at Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, New Jersey) Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni