| Parent company | Pan Macmillan |
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| Founded | 1908 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Distribution | Macmillan Distribution (UK) Trafalgar Square Publishing (United States)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | http://www.panmacmillan.com |
Sidgwick & Jackson was animprint of bookpublishing companyPan Macmillan. Formerly it was an independent publisher; as such, it was founded inBritain in 1908 byFrank Sidgwick (1879–1939) as chairman of directors[2] and Robert Cameron Jackson (1882–1917) as company secretary.[3] The firm was funded byLord Forte.
It was best known as a publisher of literary fiction and some academic non-fiction.[4] Early authors included poetRupert Brooke and novelistE.M. Forster. In more recent times it helped launch the careers ofLynda La Plante,Shirley Conran andJudith Krantz.
Pan Macmillan acquired the company fromTrusthouse Forte in the mid-1980s. It was dissolved in 2015.[5]
The managing director from 1968 to 1995 was William Armstrong; the company and Armstrong were said to have encouraged individuality and entrepreneurship among staff. Armstrong was also the father of the singerDido.[6][7]
Their archives from 1903 to 1966 are held by theBodleian Library,Oxford.[8]
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