Rupert Hart-Davis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rupert Hart-Davis

British publisher

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1907

Place of Birth: Kensington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1999

Profession: publisher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher and editor.
He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd.
As a biographer, he is remembered for his Hugh Walpole (1952), as an editor, for his Collected Letters of Oscar Wilde (1962), and, as both editor and part-author, for the Lyttelton/Hart-Davis Letters. Working at a publishing firm before the Second World War, Hart-Davis began to forge literary relationships that would be important later in his career.
Founding his publishing company in 1946, Hart-Davis was praised for the quality of the firm's publications and production; but he refused to cater to public tastes, and the firm eventually lost money.
After relinquishing control of the firm, Hart-Davis concentrated on writing and editing, producing collections of letters and other works which brought him the sobriquet "the king of editors."