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Article: Obituary: Timothy O'Keeffe
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 22, 1994
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Timothy O'Keeffe, publisher: born Kinsale, Co Cork 27 September
1926; married (three sons, one daughter); died London 11 January
1994.
TIMOTHY O'KEEFFE's death closes a chapter on the London
publishing scene.
After National Service when he spent some time in Egypt, then
Oxford, O'Keeffe started his publishing career at Hutchinson in the
heyday of Robert Lusty, when their New Authors list launched a
number of notable careers.
He was taken on at MacGibbon & Kee as chief editor when Reg
Davis- Poynter had taken over the reins under the proprietorship of
the socialist property millionaire Howard Samuel. The firm had been
founded by James MacGibbon and Robert Kee and the list boasted the
early ...