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Iain Stevenson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iain Stevenson (1950/1951-died March 2017) was emeritus professor of publishing at University College London.[1] He founded the environmental publishers, Belhaven Press.

Career

Stevenson's first career was in commercial publishing where he worked for Longman, Macmillan, Wiley, and the Stationery Office.[2] He later moved into academia and in 1981 obtained his PhD from the University of London for a thesis titled "Viticulture and society in the Herault (France) during the Phylloxera Crisis, 1862-1907".[3] He was professor of publishing studies at City University, London and later professor and emeritus professor of publishing at University College London.[2]

He founded the environmental publishers Belhaven Press.[4] In 2010, the British Library published his history of British publishing, Book Makers: British Publishing in the Twentieth Century.

Death

In March 2017, Stevenson was hit by a car in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, while walking down the street. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries, aged reportedly 66.[5][6]

Selected publications

  • Canadian Election Postal Stationery. Postal Stationery Society, Sutton Veny, 2003.
  • Book Makers: British Publishing in the Twentieth Century. British Library Publishing, London, 2010. ISBN 9780712309615

References

  1. ^ UCL (5 July 2018). "Iain Stevenson". Information Studies. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Finkelstein, David & Alistair McCleery. (2007). Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4: Professionalism and Diversity 1880-2000. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-7486-2884-1.
  3. ^ Viticulture and society in the Herault (France) during the Phylloxera Crisis, 1862-1907. British Library. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ Family pay tribute to 66 year old man who died after collision in Bishop's Stortford. bob.fm, 13 March 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ^ Former UCL publishing professor Stevenson dies after car accident. Lisa Campbell, The Bookseller, 3 March 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ^ Bishop's Stortford man who died in fatal crash near Aldi is named. Sam Meadows, Hertfordshire Mercury, 13 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

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