Heinemann is a publishing house that was founded in 1890 in the UK. Heinemann has published the works of many notable authors including Chinua Achebe, W. Somerset Maugham, J. B. Priestley, and H. G. Wells. The company has also published numerous English translations and significant non-fiction work such as the Loeb Classical Library. After being taken over by Doubleday in 1920, the imprints have had a number of corporate owners. Today, the UK education imprint is owned by Pearson, the UK trade publications are owned by Random House and the US education imprint is owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.