Basil Blackwell
Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 1889 – 9 April 1984) was born in
He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and Merton College, Oxford.[2][3] He was the first person in his family to attend university.[1]
He is remembered as the bookseller who helped break the infamous "Ring" who colluded to close off open competition in auctions, "taking bread from the mouths of the widows and orphans" of Oxford scholars.[clarification needed]
In 1913, he began working with his father at Blackwell's. Upon his father's death in 1924, he took over the company and remained working there for decades.[1]
He was made a
Blackwell was a prosecution witness in the 1966 private prosecution attempt to bar the book Last Exit to Brooklyn from UK publication.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c "The History of Blackwell". Blackwell's. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b McDowell, Edwin (11 April 1984). "Sir Basil Blackwell; Book Publisher Lead Worldwide Business". New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 56.
- ^ "Freedom of the City".
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