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Lord Weidenfeld

Death of a Gentleman Publisher

8. February 2016Gesa StedmanNews, Obituarygentleman publishing, Lord Weidenfeld, obituary

Lord Weidenfeld, formerly of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has died, aged 96. One of the last “gentlemen” publishers, his death marks the end of an era. George Weidenfeld was born to middle-class Jewish parents in 1916, in Vienna. He fled Austria during the Nazi period, and established himself in Britain. In […] Read more

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