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Personal data Stanley (Sir) Unwin 

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  • He was born on December 19, 1884 in 13 Handen Road, Lee, Lewisham, South-east London, England.
  • Title: Sir
  • Occupations:
    • Publisher.
    • Junior Clerk ??? in Publisher.
    • Book Publisher.
    • 1914 - Started publishing company "Allen and Unwin".
  • Nationality: United Kingdom.
  • Census on April 2, 1911, 18. May South Hill Road, Shortlands, Kent, England.
  • Census in the year 1901, 18 Mays Hill RD, Beckenham, Kent, England.
  • Census on September 29, 1939, 4, Oak Hill Park, Hampstead, London, England.
  • He died on October 13, 1968 in St Pancras, Greater London, England, he was 83 years old.
  • He is buried in Golders Green, Greater London, England.
  • A child of Edward Unwin and Elizabeth Spicer

Household of Stanley (Sir) Unwin


Notes about Stanley (Sir) Unwin

Sir Stanley Unwin founder of the George Allen & Unwin publishing house in 1914.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13117316"

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ns-serif; font-size: 14px;">The company found success with authors such as Bertrand Russell, Sidney Webb, R. H. Tawney and Gandhi.[2]

nt-size: 14px;">In the 1930s he published two bestsellers by Lancelot Hogben: Mathematics for the Million and Science for the Citizen.[3]

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ht: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In 1950 Stanley Unwin published another bestseller Thor Heyerdahl's The Kon-Tiki Expedition.

22222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">During his career Unwin was active in book trade organs such as "the Publishers Association, the International Publishers Association and the British Council".[2]

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style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The children's writer Ursula Moray Williams was his niece.[5]

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tober 1968 and was honoured with a Blue Plaque at his birthplace.

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Plaque on his birthplace.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Stanley (Sir) Unwin

Jacob Unwin
1802-1855
Emma Soundy
1806-1845
James Spicer
1807-1888
Louisa Edwards
1813-1892
Edward Unwin
1840-1933

Stanley (Sir) Unwin
1884-1968


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Historical events

Birthday December 19, 1884

  • The temperature on December 19, 1884 was about 6.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Day of death October 13, 1968

  • The temperature on October 13, 1968 was between 11.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
    • August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
    • August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
    • October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
    • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
    • November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.


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