Grant Richards (publisher)

For the American actor and voice actor, see Grant Richards. For the British publishing house, see Grant Richards (publishing house).

Grant Richards
Grant Richards (1872-1948), British publisher and writer, in 1909. From a pencil drawing by Henry Lamb.
Born
Franklin Thomas Grant Richards

(1872-10-21)21 October 1872
Hillhead, Partick, Lanarkshire
Died24 February 1948(1948-02-24) (aged 75)
Monte Carlo, Monaco
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Publisher, writer
Known forFounder of Grant Richards and The World's Classics

Franklin Thomas Grant Richards (21 October 1872 – 24 February 1948) was a British publisher and writer. After creating his own publishing firm at the age of just 24 years old,[1] he launched The World's Classics series (still published by Oxford University Press as Oxford World's Classics) and published writers such as George Bernard Shaw, A. E. Housman, Samuel Butler and James Joyce.[2] He made "a significant impact on the publishing business of the early twentieth century".[1]

  1. ^ a b Lise Jaillant, Grant Richards, modernistarchives.com. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ Jane Potter, "Richards, Grant (1872–1948) British publisher", in: Michael F. Suarez, S. J. and H. R. Woudhuysen, eds., The Oxford Companion to the Book , Oxford University Press, 2010 (online edition). Retrieved 12 February 2019.