Allen Lane

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businessperson human publisher

Allen Lane was a British publisher who founded Penguin Books and pioneered the mass-market paperback revolution in the 20th century.

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Allen Lane canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
associatedWith Penguin Books ⓘ
The Bodley Head ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Bachelor (declined) ⓘ
burialPlace Hampstead Cemetery, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath bowel cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-09-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-07-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Bristol Grammar School ⓘ
employer Penguin Books ⓘ
The Bodley Head ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Williams ⓘ
founded Pelican non-fiction series ⓘ
surface form: Pelican Books imprint

Penguin Books ⓘ
Puffin Books imprint ⓘ
fullName Allen Lane Williams ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Allen ⓘ
hasNotableIdea distinctive color-coded cover design for series ⓘ
high-quality paperbacks at low price ⓘ
industry publishing ⓘ
influenced 20th-century publishing industry ⓘ
development of paperback book market ⓘ
knownFor founding Penguin Books ⓘ
pioneering mass-market paperbacks ⓘ
popularizing quality affordable books ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAchievement helped democratize access to literature ⓘ
introduced sixpenny paperbacks in the UK ⓘ
notableWork launch of Penguin paperback series in 1935 ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bristol, England, United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Bristol, England
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Penguin Books ⓘ
director of The Bodley Head ⓘ
pseudonym Allen Lane ⓘ
relative John Camden Hotten ⓘ
surface form: John Lane (uncle, co-founder of The Bodley Head)
residence Bristol, England, United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Bristol, England

London, England ⓘ
sibling John Lane ⓘ
surface form: John Lane (brother)

Richard Lane ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Penguin Books → key person → Allen Lane ⓘ
The Vanishing Face of Gaia → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
The Revenge of Gaia → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
Michael Morpurgo → relative → Allen Lane ⓘ
Penguin Group → foundedBy → Allen Lane ⓘ
Allen Lane → pseudonym → Allen Lane ⓘ
Richard Lane → partnerInBusinessWith → Allen Lane ⓘ
Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
Seven Types of Atheism → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
The Fabric of Reality → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
The Beginning of Infinity → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ
Ten Cities That Made an Empire → publisher → Allen Lane ⓘ