Béla Horovitz
Béla Horovitz (8 April 1898 – 8 March 1955) was a Hungarian-born British publisher, the co-founder in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider, of Phaidon Press.[1]
Bela Horovitz was born in Budapest.[2]
Phaidon Press was founded in Vienna in 1923, but moved to London in 1938,[2] together with his wife Lotte, and their children.[3] Their youngest child was the classical music promoter Hannah Horovitz.[3] Their son Joseph Horovitz is 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
- ^ "About Phaidon | Phaidon". Uk.phaidon.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ a b "Horovitz, Bela (1898–1955) : The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica : Blackwell Reference Online". Blackwellreference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ a b Miller, Malcolm (5 May 2010). "Hannah Horovitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Obituary: Harvey Miller | The Jewish Chronicle". thejc.com. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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