| Fredric John Warburg | |
|---|---|
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| Born | November 27, 1898 London, England |
| Died | May 25, 1981 (aged 82) London, England |
| Occupation | Publisher; author |
Fredric John Warburg (November 27, 1898 - May 25, 1981) was an English publisher best known for his association with the British author George Orwell. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer During a career spanning a large part of the 20th century and ending in 1971, Warburg published Orwell's Animal Farm (1945) as well as Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), and works by other leading figures such as Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Animal Farm is a Novel by George Orwell, and is the most famous satirical Allegory of Soviet Totalitarianism Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Thomas Mann ( June Other notable publications include the controversial The Third Eye by Lobsang Rampa in 1956, Pierre Boulle's classic The Bridge over the River Kwai, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, and William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960). See also Third eye (disambiguation, Lobsang Rampa The Third Eye is the title of a book published in November 1956 Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was a writer who claimed to have been a Lama in Tibet before spending the second part of his life in the body of a British man Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Boulle ( 20 February, 1912 – 30 January, 1994) was a French Novelist largely known for two famous works The Bridge over the River Kwai ( Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai) is a novel by Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Mein Kampf ( English: My Struggle/My Battle) is a book by Adolf Hitler. William Lawrence Shirer ( February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and historian The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Journalist William L Shirer was the first definitive history of Nazi Germany in English. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Life
Warburg was born on November 27, 1898, to John Cimon Warburg (a photographer) and Violet Amalia (née Sichel), both of Jewish descent. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common At the age of 9 Warburg was sent to Wilkinson's boys prep school and then later won a scholarship to attend the prestigious Westminster School. The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain 's leading boys' Independent schools with He was to describe his first two years as 'among the most hateful of my life'. [1] Whilst he excelled academically, as a Jew he often felt an outsider and he was to find refuge and solace in his love of books. In summer 1917 Warburg was commissioned to serve as an officer in the Royal Artillery and was stationed in the Ypres area until the end of the war. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Ypres ( French, generally used in English French ipʁ English ˈiːprə Ieper (official name in Dutch, pronounced /ˈiːpər/ or Ypern After demobilization, Warburg was to read chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford, but later switched to classics and philosophy, proceeding to become an MA in 1922. Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. That same year he was to start his publishing life as an apprentice at the publishing firm of Routledge & Sons Ltd. Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals Warburg's first marriage (July 5, 1922), to May Nellie Holt, was to produce three sons but ended in divorce in 1932. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. A year later, on January 21, 1933, Warburg married the painter and designer Pamela Bryer (née de Bayou, widowed) and they were to have a son that died of a brain haemorrhage within twenty-four hours of birth. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During World War II Warburg served as a corporal in the Home Guard, in the same section where Orwell held the rank of sergeant. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The British Home Guard (initially "Local Defence Volunteers" or LDV, or in slang Look-Duck-Vanish, hence the name change was a defence Fredric Warburg died of heart failure at University College Hospital, London, on May 25, 1981 at the age of 82. University College Hospital is a Teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981
Work
Upon his appointment as an apprentice at the firm of Routledge & Sons Ltd, Warburg found himself under the tutelage of William Swan Stallybrass, a man he regarded as 'the greatest scholar-publisher of his day'. Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals [2] Stallybrass died in 1931 and Warburg was to become increasingly dissatisfied with his post at Routledge, leading to his eventual dismissal from the company in 1935. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Later that same year, he and Roger Senhouse were to purchase the publishing firm of Martin Secker (that was in receivership) and renamed it as Secker and Warburg. Martin Secker, born Percy Martin Secker Klingender (1882–1978 was a London publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary Secker & Warburg is a British publishing company formed in 1936 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership by Fredric Warburg and Roger Senhouse The firm became renowned for its political stance, being both anti-fascist and anti-communist (at least communism in its Soviet incarnation), a position that put them at logerheads with the ethos of many intellectuals of the time. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. When George Orwell parted company with Victor Gollancz over The Road to Wigan Pier, it was to Secker and Warburg that he took his next book Homage to Catalonia. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Sir Victor Gollancz ( April 9 1893 &ndash February 8 1967) was a British publisher socialist, and humanitarian The Road to Wigan Pier was written by George Orwell and published in 1937. Homage to Catalonia is political journalist and Novelist George Orwell 's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Thereafter they were to publish all of Orwell's work, with author and publisher becoming intimate friends. With its financial position devastated by paper shortages during and after the war, Secker and Warburg were forced to join the Heinemann group of publishers in 1951. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January During the 1950s and 1960s Secker and Warburg were to publish the works of, amongst others, Simone de Beauvoir, Collette, Alberto Moravia, Günter Grass, Angus Wilson, Melvyn Bragg and Julian Gloag. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 "La Beauvoir" redirects here also see Beauvoir (disambiguation Collette is a Surname or given name and may refer to;Surname Buddy Collette (born 1921 American jazz musician Ned Collette Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, ( November 28, 1907 &ndash September 26, 1990) was one of the leading Italian Günter Wilhelm Grass (born 16 October 1927 is a Nobel Prize -winning German Author and Playwright. Sir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson ( 11 August 1913 &ndash 31 May 1991) was an English Novelist and Short story Melvyn Baron Bragg, FRSL, FRTS (born 6 October 1939) is a British author and broadcaster In 1961 Warburg was made a director of the Heinemann group, a post he retained until his retirement in 1971. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. He also published two volumes of autobiography: An Occupation for Gentlemen (1959) and All Authors are Equal (1973). The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
Controversy
In 1952 Warburg became a member of the committee of the Society for Cultural Freedom (S. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. C. F. ), an organisation established to 'promote Western culture and defend it against the communist culture of the East'[3]. The S. C. F. were to produce a cultural magazine known as Encounter, which was later to receive sustained criticism when it emerged that much of the money used to produce the magazine came directly from the CIA. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all More controversy was to follow in 1954 when Warburg was prosecuted for publishing the supposedly obscene book The Philanderer by Stanley Kauffmann. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Stanley Kauffmann (b April 24, 1916, in New York City New York) is an American Film critic, Theater Critic, and Although offered the chance to plead guilty and escape with a minimal fine, Warburg opted for the much riskier option of a public trial by jury at the Old Bailey. The Central Criminal Court in England, commonly known as the Old Bailey, is a court This decision was vindicated when he was unanimously acquitted by the jury. The presiding judge's summing up was added as an appendix in later editions of The Philanderer and also published separately by Secker and Warburg. The Philanderer is an 1898 play by G Bernard Shaw. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898 because its purpose is Secker & Warburg is a British publishing company formed in 1936 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership by Fredric Warburg and Roger Senhouse
Bibliography
Books written by Fredric Warburg
Publications relating to Fredric Warburg
- The summing-up by Mr Justice Stable in Regina v. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. , Fredric J. Warburg, The Camelot Press Ltd ("The Philanderer" case) at the Central Criminal Court July 2, 1954 (1954)
External links
- Entry for F. J. Warburg at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Brief bio of F. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) J. Warburg
Notes
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Warburg, Fredric |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fredric John Warburg |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | publisher, author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London, United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1981 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London, United Kingdom |
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