| LC control no. | nr 93010126 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Allen, George, 1832-1907 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: George Allen & Sons (London, England) |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | London (England) |
| Located | Orpington (London, England) |
| Birth date | 1832-03-26 |
| Death date | 1907-09-05 |
| Place of birth | Newark on Trent (England) |
| Place of death | Orpington (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Book industries and trade Publishing |
| Profession or occupation | Engravers Mezzotinters Publishers |
| Found in | Sylva, C. Legends from river & mountain, 1896: t.p. (George Allen; publisher, London) Toronto Public Library. Osborne Coll., 1975: p. 463 (Allen, George, 1832-1907; mezzotint engraver and publisher; first in Orpington, Kent, then in London after 1890) Mackay, Charles. Gossamer and snowdrift, 1890: title-page (George Allen, 8 Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London, and Sunnyside, Orpington) Wikipedia, viewed November 13, 2019 (access point: George Allen (publisher); (26 March 1832--5 September 1907); born on 26 March 1832 at Newark-on-Trent; English craftsman and engraver, who became an assistant to John Ruskin and then in consequence a publisher. Allen made engravings in mixed styles, and these were included in Ruskin's later books. Of the original illustrations in Modern Painters, three were from drawings by Allen; he engraved three plates for the edition of 1888; and in all executed 90 other plates for Ruskin. As with some of the other assistants, his work has sometimes been mistaken for Ruskin's. In 1871 Ruskin decided to set up a publishing house of his own. At a week's notice, and without any previous experience of the trade, Allen started in on this enterprise. His publishing establishment was first his cottage at Keston, and later an out-house in the garden of his villa at Orpington. In the early days Ruskin's ideas on distribution hampered the business, and in time expansion of the business made for the premises in London. In 1890 Allen opened a London publishing house (trading under the name George Allen & Sons) at 8 Bell Yard, Chancery Lane; and in 1894 he moved to a larger place at 156 Charing Cross Road. There he took to general publishing, though Ruskin's works remained the major part of his business. His last project was the library edition of Ruskin's works, appearing from 1903 to its completion after his death in 1911. He died, in his seventy-sixth year, on 5 September 1907, at Orpington. His name persists in publishing through the Allen & Unwin Company.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(publisher)> |
| Associated language | eng |
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