Hamish Hamilton

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Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton ("Hamish" is the Celtic form, "James" the English form - which was also his given name, and "Jamie" the diminutive form). Confusingly, Jamie Hamilton was often referred to as "Hamish Hamilton". The publishing brand "Hamish Hamilton" is presently an imprint of Penguin Books.

"Hamish Hamilton Limited" originally specialized in fiction, and was responsible for publishing a number of American authors in the United Kingdom - including J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye". "Hamish Hamilton Law" and "Hamish Hamilton Medical" were started in 1939 but closed during the war. Hamish Hamilton was established in the literary district of Bloomsbury and went on to publish a large number of promising British and American authors, a large number of whom were personal friends and acquaintances of "Jamie Hamilton".

Jamie Hamilton sold the firm to the Thomson Organisation in 1965, who resold it to Penguin Books in 1986.

References

* [http://www.hamishhamilton.co.uk/nf/shared/WebDisplay/0,,214007_14_1,00.html A biography of Jamie Hamilton and a history of Hamish Hamilton] at the official Hamish Hamilton site
* [http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/03070102.html A link] to the Hamish Hamilton Collection at the University of Bristol, and a short biography

External links

* [http://www.hamishhamilton.co.uk Official site]