Ernest Benn Ltd.
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Ernest Benn Ltd.
- Name
- Ernest Benn Limited
- Founded
- 1880
- Founder
- Sir John Benn and 1st Baronet
- Headquarters
- London
- Dissolved
- 1987
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Overview
It is associated with United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The record gives 1880 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1987. Its recorded founders are Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet. Its recorded seat is London.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ernest Benn Limited • Status — Defunct • Founded — 1880 • Founder — Sir John Benn • Successor — Extel • Country — United Kingdom • Publications — Books, magazines Ernest Benn Limited was a British publishing house.
Sir John Benn
Sir John Benn
Founded by Sir John Benn as Benn Brothers in 1880, it started as the publisher of the trade journal, The Cabinet Maker.
Ernest Benn
Ernest Benn
After Sir John was elected to Parliament in 1892, he passed control of the firm to his eldest son Ernest, who became managing director and started publishing more trade journals, such as Gas World, the Fruit Grower and the Electrician, as well as "technical books for each specialized public". In 1923, Ernest changed the name of the firm to Ernest Benn Limited. However, the name 'Benn Brothers' was subsequently revived with the formation of Benn Brothers plc. Benn hired Victor Gollancz in 1921. Gollancz published a very successful series of art books. He later recruited the writers Edith Nesbit, Robert W. Service and H. G. Wells. Thanks to Gollancz's gifts as a publisher, the company's turnover increased 100-fold in seven years. But Benn was unwilling to cede control of the company to him. Moreover, Benn had moved to the political right and Gollancz to the left. Gollancz left the firm in 1927 to form his own firm, Victor Gollancz Limited. The firm published a number of books for children and young people, including The Story of the Amulet (1927) by E. Nesbit, Moominsummer Madness (1955) by Tove Jansson, Donkey Days (1977) by Helen Cresswell, and Sybil and the Blue Rabbit (1979) by Jane Johnson.
Book series
Book series
In addition to individual books, Ernest Benn Limited was known for a number of series:
1980s
1980s
Ernest Benn Ltd, along with Benn Brothers plc and the other members of the Benn Group of Companies, was taken over by the Extel Group in June 1983. Extel was taken over by United Newspapers in 1987.
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- 2.Ruth Dudley Edwards, Victor Gollancz: A Biography, Faber & Faber, 2012 (Faber Finds) (ebook edition), chapter 7. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 3.Benn Group of Companies Staff Handbook (1984)
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- 5.Rubin, Merle. The story of Britain's colorful, contradictory publisher Gollancz. The Christian Science Monitor.
- 6.Ernest Benn Limited (London and Tonbridge), royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 7.Affirmations. God in the modern world. (A series edited by Dr. P. Dearmer.), worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 8.The American Library, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 9.se:The Augustan Books of Poetry, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 10.Essex Library (Ernest Benn), seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 11.se:Benn's Twentieth Century Histories, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 12.Benn's World Histories, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 13.se: Benn's Yellow Books, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 14.se:The Bouverie Library, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 15."Chats Series" + Ernest Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 16.The Chemical engineering library : second series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 17."Contemporary Artists", The Queenslander, 26 July 1924, p. 3. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- 18."Contemporary British Dramatists" Ernest Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 19.Curiosities of politics : a series of monographs on remarkable personalities of the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 20."Drawings of the Great Masters" Ernest Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 21.se:A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 22.se:Inner Ring Books, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 23.se:Inner Ring Hipsters, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 24.Instruments of the Orchestra, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 25.se:Kai Khosru Monographs on Eastern Art, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 26.Leaders of Philosophy (Ernest Benn) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- 27."The Little Library" Ernest Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 28.Mermaid Critical Commentaries, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 29.Mermaid Series, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 30.Karl Hellferich and Louis Infield; edited by T. E. Gregory, Money, London: Ernest Benn, 1927 (Modern Finance Series), archive.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 31."Modern knowledge library" + Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 32.The Modern World: A Survey of Historical Forces, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 33.se:Nations of the Modern World, worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- 34.The New Mermaids (Ernest Benn) – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 35."New Ninepenny Novels" Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 36."Oil & Colour Chemistry Monographs" Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 37.The Player's Shakespeare, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 38.The Resources of the Empire Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 39."Self and Society Booklets" (review), The Spectator, 2 February 1929, pp. 23-24. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 40.Benn's Sixpenny Library (Ernest Benn Limited) – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 41.Encyclopædia Britannica, Web edition, 20 December 2012, s.v. Ernest John Pickstone Benn, 2nd Baronet
- 42.D. H. Lawrence, The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Cambridge University Press, 1989 (2002 paperback reprint), p. 626. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 43.Sir Ernest John Pickstone Benn, 2nd Baronet, British publisher, britannica.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- 44.The Penny Poets (The Masterpiece Library: Series I) ("Review of Reviews Office"; Stead's Publishing House) – Book Series List. www.publishinghistory.com.
- 45.Sally Wood-Lamont, "W.T. Stead's Books for the Bairns" W.T. Stead Resource Site. www.attackingthedevil.co.uk.
- 46."Stories of the Commonwealth Series" Benn, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 47.Tingley, Kenneth Raymond. Tolley's retirement relief. Tolley. i. 1989. 978-0-85459-372-9.
- 48.Trout and Salmon Books, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 49.se:University College, London. Monographs on English mediæval art, worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- 50.Eric L Harvey, A Short History of Tolley, p 4
- 51.United leaves Benn to Extel. The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1983.
- 52.Watts, Robert. How family money embarrassed Hilary Benn. The Daily Telegraph.
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