John Bell

male, deceased (1831)
fulham, churchill, shakespeare, Publisher, puck, Dictionary of National Biography…Englishpublisher, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet
John Bell (1745-1831) was an English publisher. The "Dictionary of National Biography" has Charles Knight calling Bell a "mischievous spirit, the...
Joseph Whitaker

Joseph Whitaker

male, deceased (1895)
buried at West Norwood Cemetery, Englishpublisher, From Enfield, From London, West Norwood Cemetery, almanack…English
Joseph Whitaker (May 4, 1820 - May 15, 1895), English publisher, was born in London, and apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of fourteen. After...
Basil Blackwell

Basil Blackwell

male, deceased (1984)
Old Waynflete, Englishpublisher, broad street, from Oxford, publishing, witness
Sir Basil Blackwell was born Henry Blackwell in Oxford, England. He was the son of the founder of Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford, which went on to...
George Newnes

George Newnes

male, deceased (1910)
Practical Mechanics, Englishpublisher, Liberal MP, IPC Media, From Derbyshire, Time Warner…Publisher, Magazine Publisher
Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet was a publisher and editor in England. He was born in Matlock, Derbyshire. His father was a Congregational church...
Fredric Warburg

Fredric Warburg

male, deceased (1981)
animal farm, Jewish person, mein kampf, English, orwell, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford…Englishpublisher
Fredric John Warburg (November 27, 1898 - May 25, 1981) was an English publisher best known for his association with the British author George...

Andrew Millar

male, deceased (1768)
tom jones, British, amelia, hume, thomson, fielding…Englishpublisher, A Dictionary of the English Language
Andrew Millar, British publisher. About 1729 he started business as a bookseller and publisher in the Strand, London. His own judgment in literary...
Edward Blount

Edward Blount

male, deceased (1632)
Giovanni Florio, Englishpublisher, Shakespeare's Sonnets, The Sonnets, Stationers' Register, Ars Aulica, or the Courtier's Arte…British publisher
Edward Blount (or Blunt) (1565-1632?), was the printer, in conjunction with Isaac Jaggard, of "Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and...
Edmund Curll

Edmund Curll

male, deceased (1747)
Literary dunce, West Country, English, apprentice, Printer, Literary dunces…Englishpublisher
Edmund Curll ("c." 1675 - December 11, 1747) was an English bookseller and publisher. His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by...
John Boydell

John Boydell

male, deceased (1804)
shropshire, Hawarden, Englishpublisher, Flintshire, English, shakespeare…Publisher, British publisher
John Boydell (b. 19 Jan 1719, d. 12 December 1804) was an English publisher, noted for his reproductions of engravings. He also became Lord Mayor...
Charles Ricketts

Charles Ricketts

male, deceased (1931)
Englishpublisher, Printer, designer, Charles Shannon, Chelsea, London, Lucien Pissarro…English
Charles De Sousy Ricketts (1866 - 1931) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book...