Algernon Methuen

Sir Algernon Methuen Marshall (1856-1924, born in London as Algernon Stedman), was an English publisher and teacher of Classics and French. In 1889, as a sideline to teaching, Methuen began to publish and market his own textbooks under the label Methuen & Co. (later Methuen Publishing Ltd.) His first success at publishing came in 1892 with the publication of Rudyard Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads". He later published works by Hilaire Belloc, Robert Lewis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde. In 1916, he was created a baronet and later published his own memoir. [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FMethuen%2C%20Sir%20Algernon%20Methuen%20Marshall%20(1856-1924)%20formerly%20Stedman%2C%20baronet%2C%20publisher] Cambridge University "Janus"] Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 68] [ [http://www.oakknoll.com/results.php?s_Publisher=Methuen+%26+Co.&s_ShowPics=1] "Sir Algernon Methuen, Baronet, A Memoir", London Methuen & Co. 1925] [ [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/hilltop.htm] The Hilltop Writers: A Victorian Colony among the Surrey Hills] [ [http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/berg/brgcorel.xml] The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library]

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