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Trench & Co. Kegan Paul
A Victorian clergyman turned publisher, he moved from the Church of England into the literary world and became a recognizable figure in serious British publishing. His name lived on in the Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. imprint, which appeared on a wide range of late 19th-century books.
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A List of Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.'s Publications (1887)
by Trench & Co. Kegan Paul
About the author
Born in 1828, Charles Kegan Paul was an English writer, publisher, and former Anglican priest. He studied at Eton and Oxford, spent more than twenty years in church ministry, and later left clerical life behind for publishing and literary work.
After taking over the firm of Henry S. King & Co., he developed it into the business that became Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Under that name, the house built a respected list and became associated with serious literature, scholarship, and thought in Victorian Britain.
He also wrote books of his own, including memoir and critical work, and remained active in literary life until his death in 1902. For readers today, his appeal is not just as an author but as one of the personalities who helped shape the publishing culture of his time.