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Sir Stanley Unwin, KCMG (1884–1968) was a British publisher. CareerUnwin founded the George Allen & Unwin publishing house in 1914.[1] The company found success with authors such as Bertrand Russell, Sidney Webb, R. H. Tawney and Gandhi.[1] In the 1930s he published two bestsellers by Lancelot Hogben: Mathematics for the Million and Science for the Citizen. In 1936 J. R. R. Tolkien submitted The Hobbit for publication and Unwin paid his ten-year-old son Rayner Unwin a shilling[2] to write a report on the manuscript. Rayner's favourable response prompted Unwin to publish the book. Once the book became a success, Unwin asked Tolkien for a sequel, which eventually became The Lord of the Rings, though Tolkien had wanted to publish The Silmarillion it was turned down for being "too Celtic"; it was finally published posthumously in 1977. In 1950 Stanley Unwin published another bestseller Thor Heyerdahl's The Kon-Tiki Expedition. During his career Unwin was active in book trade organs such as "the Publishers Association, the International Publishers Association and the British Council".[3] Personal lifeStanley Unwin was born on 19 December 1884 at 13 Handen Road, Lee, Lewisham, south-east London. He was one of the children of Edward Unwin (1840–1933), a printer who was the one of the sons of Jacob Unwin, the founder of the printing firm Unwin Brothers, and of his wife Elizabeth (nee Spicer). His father's youngest stepbrother, Thomas Fisher Unwin was a publisher who founder the firm T. Fisher Unwin. The children's writer Ursula Moray Williams was his niece.[4] Unwin was a lifelong pacifist, and during the First World War, as a conscientious objector, he joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD).[5] Unwin died on 13 October 1968 and was honoured with a Blue Plaque at his birthplace. References1. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/tutors/stanley-unwin/|title=Stanley Unwin {{!}} Authors {{!}} Faber & Faber|website=www.faber.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-31}} 2. ^{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/tolkien-interview-its-easier-to-film-the-odyssey/ |title=JRR Tolkien: 'Film my books? Its easier to film the Odyssey' |first=Charlotte and Denis |last=Plimmer |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 October 2015 |publisher=TMG |location=London, UK |accessdate=20 February 2016}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/tutors/stanley-unwin/|title=Stanley Unwin {{!}} Authors {{!}} Faber & Faber|website=www.faber.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-31}} 4. ^{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ursula-moray-williams-423290.html |title=Obituaries: Ursula Moray Williams |work=The Independent |date=7 November 2006 |publisher=INM |location=London, UK |accessdate=20 February 2016}} 5. ^Dictionary of National Biography Further readingBooks by Sir Stanley Unwin
Books about the Unwin family
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