Allen Lane

Allen Lane

male, deceased (1970)
British book publisher, Vending Machine, Penguin Books, ulysses, Publisher, Colorectal cancer death…CharingCrossRoad
Sir Allen Lane (born Allen Lane Williams), was a British publisher who founded Penguin Books, bringing high quality, paperback fiction and...
Christina Foyle

Christina Foyle

female, deceased (1999)
Swiss, Nazi, British, finishing school, D.H. Lawrence, the forsyte saga…CharingCrossRoad
Christina Foyle (30 January 1911-June 8, 1999) was an English bookseller and owner of Foyles bookshop. Christina Agnes Lilian Foyle was born in...
William Foyle

William Foyle

male, deceased (1963)
Alumni of King's College London, British, barnum, king's college london, Business Person, Maldon…CharingCrossRoad
William Foyle (1885-1963) co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother, Gilbert Foyle. The eldest son of a Shoreditch grocer, William...
Belle Baker

Belle Baker

female, deceased (1957)
Vaudeville performer, Bella Becker, The Ragtime Singer, billboard, American, actress…CharingCrossRoad
Belle Baker (25 December 1893, New York City, New York - 29 April 1957, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer and actress. Born Bella...
Joan Gili

Joan Gili

male, deceased (1998)
Translator, Harvard, catalan, Catalan-language writer, Penguin Books, CharingCrossRoad
Joan Gili i Serra, also known as John Gili, (1907 - 6 May 1998) was a Catalan antiquarian book-seller, publisher and translator. Joan Gili was born...
Bridget Dowling

Bridget Dowling

female, deceased (1969)
Toxteth, CharingCrossRoad, From Liverpool, from Dublin, Hitler family, From Long Island
Bridget Elizabeth Dowling Hitler (alternative Brigid was Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. She was born and raised...