Martin Secker (6 April 1882 – 6 April 1978),
/ref> born Percy Martin Secker Klingender, was a London
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publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence
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, Thomas Mann
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, Norman Douglas, Henry James
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, Compton Mackenzie, and George Orwell
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. He began publishing just before the First World War.
Secker lived at Bridgefoot House, Iver, Buckinghamshire
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.
In 1935, Secker's original firm merged to form the new company of Secker & Warburg
Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press.
History
Secker & Warburg
Secker & Warburg was formed in 1935 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership, ...
.
References
External links
*John Trevitt
"Secker, Martin (1882–1978)"
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 11 Jan 2008
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1882 births
1978 deaths
Publishers (people) from London
People from Buckinghamshire
20th-century English businesspeople
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