William Rand (printer)
William Rand ( born 2 May 1828 in Quincy (Massachusetts ), † June 20 1915 in New Canaan (Connecticut) ) was an American publisher of maps.
Edge moved in 1849 because of the gold rush to California. In 1856 he founded a Chicago printing company, from 1868, together with his colleague Andrew McNally, the publisher Rand McNally was.