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Allen Lane

For the U.S. railway station formerly known as Allen Lane, see Richard Allen Lane station. For those of a similar name, see Alan Lane (disambiguation).

Sir Allen Lane
CH
Lane at London Zoo, 1965
Born
Allen Lane Williams

(1902-09-21)21 September 1902
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Died7 July 1970(1970-07-07) (aged 67)
Northwood, England, United Kingdom
Burial placeSt Nectan's Church, Hartland
NationalityBritish
OccupationPublisher
Known forFounder of Penguin Books
Spouse
Lady Letitia Lucy Orr
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(m. 1941)​
Children3, including Clare Morpurgo
RelativesJohn Lane (uncle)
Awards

Sir Allen Lane CH (born Allen Lane Williams; 21 September 1902 – 7 July 1970) was a British publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market.[1][2]

In 1967 he started a hardback imprint under his own name, Allen Lane.

  1. ^ "SIR ALLEN LANE, 67, OF PENGUIN BOOKS". The New York Times. 8 July 1970. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ Florence Waters (26 August 2010). "Penguin's pioneering publisher – who never read books". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

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