Sidgwick & Jackson
Sidgwick & Jackson was an imprint of book publishing company Pan Macmillan. Formerly it was an independent publisher; as such, it was founded in Britain in 1908 by Frank Sidgwick (1879–1939) as chairman of directors and Robert Cameron Jackson (1882–1917) as company secretary. The firm was funded by Lord Forte.
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Sidgwick & Jackson
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- 1908
- Founder
- Frank Sidgwick · Robert Cameron Jackson
- Headquarters
- London
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Sidgwick & Jackson was an imprint of book publishing company Pan Macmillan. Formerly it was an independent publisher; as such, it was founded in Britain in 1908 by Frank Sidgwick (1879–1939) as chairman of directors and Robert Cameron Jackson (1882–1917) as company secretary. The firm was funded by Lord Forte.
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It was best known as a publisher of literary fiction and some academic non-fiction. Early authors included poet Rupert Brooke and novelist E.M. In more recent times it helped launch the careers of Lynda La Plante, Shirley Conran and Judith Krantz. Pan Macmillan acquired the company from Trusthouse Forte in the mid-1980s. It was dissolved in 2015. The managing director from 1968 to 1995 was William Armstrong; the company and Armstrong were said to have encouraged individuality and entrepreneurship among staff. Armstrong was also the father of the singer Dido. Their archives from 1903 to 1966 are held by the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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• Parent — Pan Macmillan • Founded — 1908 • Country — United Kingdom • Headquarters — London • Distribution — Macmillan Distribution (UK) Trafalgar Square Publishing (United States) • Publications — Books • Url — http: www.panmacmillan.com
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- 1.Pan Macmillan Independent Publishers Group.
- 2.'Mr Frank Sidgwick', The Times, 15 August 1939, p. 14
- 3.Michael F. Suarez, H. R. Woudhuysen: The Oxford Companion to the Book (2010)
- 4.John Feather. Communicating Knowledge: Publishing in the 21st Century (2005), p. 42
- 5.SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LIMITED overview. Find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- 6.Patrick Janson-Smith. William Armstrong—Publisher at Sidgwick & Jackson. Obituaries. The Independent. 2007-01-17.
- 7.Willes, Margaret. A rebel at heart—Margaret Willes remembers William Armstrong. PN Archive. Publishing News. 2007-01-12.
- 8.Archive of Sidgwick and Jackson, Publishers. Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.
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