Martin Secker
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Martin Secker (6 April 1882 – 6 April 1978),[http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/se.htm New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors.] born Percy Martin Secker Klingender, was a London publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, Henry James, Compton Mackenzie, and George Orwell. He began publishing just before the First World War.
Secker lived at Bridgefoot House, Iver, Buckinghamshire.
In 1935, Secker's original firm merged to form the new company of Secker & Warburg.
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- John Trevitt, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47449 "Secker, Martin (1882–1978)"], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 11 Jan 2008
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Category:Publishers (people) from London
Category:People from Buckinghamshire
Category:20th-century English businesspeople
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