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Article: Hamish Hamilton, 87, Dies; Leading Publisher in Britain
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 27, 1988
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Hamish Hamilton, 87, a leading British publisher for 50 years,
died in London May 24 after a long illness. The cause of death was
not reported.
Mr. Hamilton founded the London publishing house Hamish Hamilton
Ltd. in 1931.
He enjoyed the company of writers, ran his company on autocratic
lines, distrusted computers and sales directors, and always had to
see for himself.
He was an intrepid flier of small planes, and when he published
Jacques Cousteau's "The Silent World" in 1953, he characteristically
went diving with the undersea explorer.
In 1926, after serving an apprenticeship at the London publishing
firm of Jonathan Cape, Mr. Hamilton became London manager for the
American ...