George Herbert Perris

George Herbert Perris (1866-1920)[1] was the originator of the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge,[2] a series of popular non-fiction books from the first half of the twentieth century that ran to over 200 volumes.

Selected publications

References

  1. Herbert Perris. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 7 October 2015. (subscription required)
  2. Flanders, Amy, "The press in London, 1896-1970" in William Roger Louis (Ed.) (2013). History of Oxford University Press: Volume III: 1896 to 1970. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-956840-6.

Further reading

  • Gomme, Robert. (2003) George Herbert Perris 1866-1920: The Life and Times of a Radical. Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 0820458740


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