Ernest Hodder-Williams

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Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams (born February 17, 1873 ; died September 20, 1941 ) was a British publisher and co-owner of the Hodder & Stoughton publishing house in London . He was best known as a publisher of Edgar Wallace's novels .

In April 1919 he was ennobled as a Knight Bachelor and in 1921 as Commander of the Royal Victorian Order . In addition, he was first awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy in 1921 and later that year with the Commander's Cross of the same order.

Hodder-Williams met Edgar Wallace through his agent Alexander Strahan Watt from the agency AP Watt & Son Ltd in 1921. Since then he has published all of the writer's new publications in England and has become very successful.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hodder-Williams, Ernest. In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life - work - films. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-508-2 , p. 308.
  2. ^ The London Gazette : No. 31316 (Supplement), p. 5423 , April 29, 1919.
  3. ^ The London Gazette : 32346, 4535 , June 4, 1921.
  4. ^ The London Gazette : No. 32271, p. 2470 , March 29, 1921.
  5. ^ The London Gazette : 32490, 8190 , October 18, 1921.
  6. ^ Watt, Alick S. In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: Das Edgar-Wallace-Lexikon. Life - work - films. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-508-2 , p. 685.
personal data
SURNAME Hodder-Williams, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1873
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1941