Allen Lane
Publisher, founder of Penguin Books (1902-1970) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 67
Sir Allen Lane was a British publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market.
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Lived 1902 to 1970 · aged 67