George Bell (publisher)

For other people named George Bell, see George Bell (disambiguation).

Grave of George Bell in Highgate Cemetery

George Bell (1814–1890) was an English publisher who founded the book publishing house George Bell & Sons.

He was the father of publisher and animal welfare campaigner, Ernest Bell.

He is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.

Location of the Bell houses

• 1839: 1 Bouverie Street
• 1840: 186 Fleet Street
• 1854: Acquired Deighton's offices at Green Street and Trinity Street, Cambridge
• 1864: Acquired 4 York Street, Covent Garden. This location had quite a pedigree: The previous occupant of these houses was the publishing company of Henry George Bohn; before that they had belonged to the bookseller J.H. Bohte, who specialized in classics; and before that (though not immediately before), they had been the home of Thomas de Quincey.
• 1867: Moved out of Fleet Street

Further reading

• Edward Bell, George Bell, Publisher: A Brief Memoir, London: Printed for private circulation by the Chiswick Press, 1924.
• Marjory Long, "George Bell and Sons", in: Patricia J. Anderson and Jonathan Rose, eds., Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 106: British Literary Publishing Houses, 1820-1880, Detroit and London: Gale, 1991, pp. 22-31.

External links

• Archive of George Bell & Sons Ltd in the collection of the University of Reading
• Works by George Bell at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about George Bell at Internet Archive