Iain Stevenson

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

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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. [5] [6]

Selected publications

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References

  1. UCL (2018-07-05). "Iain Stevenson". Information Studies. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. 1 2 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.