John Gilbert Newton Brown
Sir John Gilbert Newton Brown
CBE (7 July 1916 – 3 March 2003) was Publisher of the Oxford University Press and has been credited as one of the great leaders of British publishing throughout its post World War II recovery.[1]
Biography
He was born on 7 July 1916 and was educated at
Bombay branch in 1937. At the outbreak of war, Brown was commissioned into the Bombay Light Horse before transferring to the Royal Artillery. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore and spent the remaining war years as a prisoner of war
.
Following release, he rejoined the
Blackwell Publishing
Group in the 1980s. He rose to be group vice-president in 1987, a position he held until his death in 2003.
Brown was appointed CBE in 1966 and knighted in 1974. He is survived by his wife, son and two daughters.
Notes
References
- The Independent[dead link]
- Sir John Brown. The Telegraph. 12 March 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1750976.html[dead link]