Allen Lane
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1902 – 1970
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Who was Allen Lane?
Sir Allen Lane was a British publisher who founded Penguin Books, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1902
Bristol - Also known as
- Allen Lane Williams
- Sir Allen Lane
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- Bristol Grammar School
- Employment
- Apprentice, Bodley Head Publishers
(1919 - 1925) - Managing Director, Bodley Head Publishers
(1925 - 1936) - Penguin Books
(1936 - 1970)
- Apprentice, Bodley Head Publishers
- Lived in
- Bristol
- Died
- Jul 7, 1970
Northwood
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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