Peter du Sautoy
Peter du Sautoy | |
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| Born | February 19, 1912 |
| Died | July 16, 1995 (aged 83) |
| Employer(s) | Faber & Faber Royal Air Force British Museum |
Peter Francis du Sautoy CBE (1912–1995) was a British publisher and editor who was the chairman of Faber and Faber.[1][2]
Early life
Du Sautoy was born to a notable family in 1912.[3] His father served as a colonel in the Army and received the Order of the British Empire for his services.[3]
Du Sautoy was educated at Uppingham Foundation School and for higher education, he went to Wadham College, Oxford at the University of Oxford, where he received his Master of Arts degree.[3]
Career
In 1935, he joined the Department of Printed Books at the British Museum where he served for a year.[3] After that he joined the University of Oxford as an Assistant Educational Officer and worked there for three years.[3]
In 1940, he enlisted himself in the Royal Air Force where he served until the end of the 2nd world war.[3]
In 1946 he joined Faber and Faber.[3]
Bibliography
- du Sautoy, Peter (1957). The Civil Service
- du Sautoy, Peter (1958). Community Development in Ghana[4][5]
- du Sautoy, Peter (1964). Problems of Communication in Extension and Community Development Campaigns
Personal life
His grandchildren include Marcus du Sautoy.[6]
References
- ^ "Du Sautoy, Peter Francis (1912–1995), publisher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/59125. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Peter du Sautoy". The New York Review of Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g "OBITUARY:Peter du Sautoy". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
- ^ Milburn, S. (6 July 1959). "Community Development in Ghana. By Peter Du Sautoy. London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Pp. 209, ill. 15s". Africa. 29 (3): 315. doi:10.2307/1157629. JSTOR 1157629. S2CID 147404183 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Sautoy, Peter DU (1966). "Book Reviews". Community Development Journal. 1 (3): 42. doi:10.1093/cdj/1.3.42.
- ^ "My family values". TheGuardian.com. 11 September 2009.
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