Basil Blackwell
Born in
Oxford,
Oxfordshire
Born in
1889
Died in
1984
Born 1889. Died 1984 - English publisher and bookseller.
Educated at Magdalen College School and Merton College. Founded Shakespeare Head Press in 1921.
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