Cecil Franklin

Cecil Arthur Franklin (9 March 1887 – 28 January 1961), was chairman of the publishers Routledge from 1948 until his death in 1961.

Cecil Franklin
Born
Cecil Arthur Franklin

9 March 1887
Died28 January 1961(1961-01-28) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)chairman, Routledge
Parent(s)Arthur Ellis Franklin
Caroline Jacob
RelativesHerbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (uncle)
Alice Franklin (sister)
Ellis Arthur Franklin (brother)
Helen Caroline Franklin (sister)
Hugh Franklin (brother)
Rosalind Franklin (niece)

The son of the merchant banker Arthur Ellis Franklin and his wife, Caroline (née Jacob),[1] Cecil Franklin was educated at the Jewish boarding school in Brighton run by Maurice Jacobs, joined the publishers Routledge in 1906, became a director in 1912, and was chairman from 1948 until his death in 1961.[1]

References

  1. William D. Rubinstein (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 294–295. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 4 November 2015.


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