Jamie Hamilton

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James "Jamie" Hamilton , Scottish also Hamish Hamilton (born November 15, 1900 in Indianapolis , United States , † May 24, 1988 in Westminster ), was a British rower and publisher .

Hamilton was born in the United States and had American and Scottish parents. He studied law and languages at the University of Cambridge . In 1927 and 1928 he won the Henley Royal Regatta with eighth . At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , the British eighth from the Thames Rowing Club won his preliminary run against the Italians, the intermediate run against the Poles and the quarter-finals against the German boat. In the final, the British lost 2.4 seconds behind the US eight.

Hamilton had worked in the book department of the Harrods department store after graduating . In 1931 he founded the Hamish Hamilton publishing house . One of its first authors was John Dickson Carr ; American authors such as Raymond Chandler and James Thurber soon followed . In 1939 he expanded the publishing house to include legal and medical specialist literature. In the 1950s, the publishing house looked after JD Salinger , Truman Capote and Albert Camus, among others . In 1965, Hamilton sold his publishing house. In the 21st century, Hamish Hamilton is an imprint of Penguin Random House .

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literature

  • Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The games of the IX. 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam and the II Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-89784-411-7 . Pp. 335-340

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hamish Hamilton at penguin.co.uk (accessed June 6, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Jamie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, James (full name); Hamilton, Hamish (Scottish name version)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1988
Place of death Westminster