biography
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Blackwell, Sir Basil (Henry)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1889–1984)
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| biography:
| Publisher and bookseller, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, SC England, UK, the son of Benjamin Henry Blackwell, who founded the famous Oxford bookshop in 1846. He studied at Oxford, and joined the family bookselling business in 1913, but also published independently, founding the Shakespeare Head Press (1921). He succeeded to the chairmanship in 1924, and from that time joined the family bookselling interest with that of publishing. He was knighted in 1956. |
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