Béla Horovitz (8 April 1898 – 8 March 1955) was a Hungarian-born British publisher, and the co-founder in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider, of Phaidon Press.
Bela Horovitz was born in Budapest. [1] He was the co-founder in Vienna in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider and Frederick "Fritz" Ungar, of the publishing house Phaidon Verlag. [2] In 1938, following the rise of the Nazis, Horovitz and his wife, Lotte, and their children moved to London. [3] Phaidon Verlag was re-established there as Phaidon Press. [1]
Their youngest child was the classical music promoter Hannah Horovitz. [3] Their son Joseph Horovitz was a composer and conductor.
In 1949, their daughter Elly married Harvey Miller, who joined Phaidon Press, and after Horovitz's death in 1955, succeeded him as its director. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Horovitz, Bela (1898–1955) : The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica : Blackwell Reference Online". Blackwellreference.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "About Phaidon | Phaidon". Uk.phaidon.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ a b Miller, Malcolm (5 May 2010). "Hannah Horovitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Obituary: Harvey Miller | The Jewish Chronicle". thejc.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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Béla Horovitz (8 April 1898 – 8 March 1955) was a Hungarian-born British publisher, and the co-founder in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider, of Phaidon Press.
Bela Horovitz was born in Budapest. [1] He was the co-founder in Vienna in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider and Frederick "Fritz" Ungar, of the publishing house Phaidon Verlag. [2] In 1938, following the rise of the Nazis, Horovitz and his wife, Lotte, and their children moved to London. [3] Phaidon Verlag was re-established there as Phaidon Press. [1]
Their youngest child was the classical music promoter Hannah Horovitz. [3] Their son Joseph Horovitz was a composer and conductor.
In 1949, their daughter Elly married Harvey Miller, who joined Phaidon Press, and after Horovitz's death in 1955, succeeded him as its director. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Horovitz, Bela (1898–1955) : The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica : Blackwell Reference Online". Blackwellreference.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "About Phaidon | Phaidon". Uk.phaidon.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ a b Miller, Malcolm (5 May 2010). "Hannah Horovitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Obituary: Harvey Miller | The Jewish Chronicle". thejc.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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- 1898 births
- 1955 deaths
- British art historians
- British book publishers (people)
- Hungarian emigrants to England
- Hungarian publishers (people)
- Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United Kingdom
- Businesspeople from Budapest
- Hungarian Jews
- 20th-century British businesspeople
- Publisher (people) stubs
- British business biography, 19th-century birth stubs