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Basil Blackwell, the Glossary

Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 18899 April 1984) was born in Oxford, England.^[1]

22 relations: Benjamin Henry Blackwell, Blackwell's, Bookselling, Broad Street, Oxford, Doctor of Civil Law, Elizabeth II, Encaenia, England, Honorary degree, Honorary title (academic), Knight Bachelor, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Magdalen College School, Oxford, Merton College, Oxford, Oxford, Penelope Jessel, Private prosecution, Publishing, United Kingdom, University of Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, Witness.
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Benjamin Henry Blackwell

Benjamin Henry Blackwell (10 January 1849 – 26 October 1924) was an English bookseller and politician who founded the Blackwell's chain of bookshops in Oxford.

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Blackwell's

Blackwell UK, also known as Blackwell's and Blackwell Group, is a British academic book retailer and library supply service owned by Waterstones.

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Bookselling

Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.

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Broad Street, Oxford

Broad Street is a wide street in central Oxford, England, just north of the former city wall.

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Doctor of Civil Law (DCL; Legis Civilis Doctor or Juris Civilis Doctor) is a degree offered by some universities, such as the University of Oxford, instead of the more common Doctor of Laws (LLD) degrees.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Encaenia

Encaenia is an academic or sometimes ecclesiastical ceremony, usually performed at colleges or universities.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Honorary title (academic)

Honorary titles (professor, reader, lecturer) in academia may be conferred on persons in recognition of contributions by a non-employee or by an employee beyond regular duties.

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Knight Bachelor

The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in a brusque, everyman style of prose.

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Magdalen College School, Oxford

Magdalen College School (MCS) is a private day school in the English public school tradition located in Oxford, England, for boys aged seven to eighteen and for girls in the sixth form (i.e. ages sixteen to eighteen).

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Merton College, Oxford

Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Penelope Jessel

Dame Penelope Jessel (Blackwell; 2 January 1920 – 2 December 1996) was a British Liberal Party politician.

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Private prosecution

A private prosecution is a criminal proceeding initiated by an individual private citizen or private organisation (such as a prosecution association) instead of by a public prosecutor who represents the state.

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Publishing

Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software, and other content available to the public for sale or for free.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.

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Witness

In law, a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what they know or claim to know.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Blackwell

Also known as Basil Henry Blackwell, Sir Basil Blackwell.