Herrmann, Frank Curt Alfons, 1927-2017

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Herrmann, Frank Curt Alfons, 1927-2017

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        1927-2017

        History

        Herrmann, Frank Curt Alfons, son of Frederick Heinrich Joseph Herrmann, architect, of Hampstead, and Gabriele Emily Anniela, d. of Alfons Jaffé of Boar’s Hill, Oxford; b. 18 May 1927; adm. May 1940 (B); left July 1945; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1945 but did not graduate; Faber & Faber, publishers, 1947; dir. Methuens 1959, assoc. Book Publishers 1964; man. dir. Marshall Morgan & Scott, chmn. Ward Lock & Hudsons Bookshops; FSA 1975; dir. Sotheby’s (overseas ops. ) 1980-2; founder and dir. Bloomsbury Book Auctions 1983-2005; author, The Giant Alexander 1964, and other children’s books, Sotheby’s: Portrait of an Auction House 1980, The English as Collectors: a documentary sourcebook 1972, and Low Profile: A Life in the World of Books (autobiog. ) 2002; ed., Travellers Tales 1999, and More Tales from the Travellers 2005; donated res. files to Wallace Collection 2014; m. 16 Oct. 1954 Patricia Herrmann OBE, d. of Philip Robinson of Hampstead; d. 23 Apr. 2017.

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        GB-2014-WSA-09124

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        GB 2014

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1937 to Election 2015, Volume 5, London, 2017

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