Thomas Werner Laurie formerly Laurie 1865 - 1944
Thomas Werner Laurie formerly Laurie, Educational publisher (1881). Journalist (1891). Publishers manager (1894). Publisher (1901). Book publisher (1911). publisher and author usually cited as T. Werner Laurie (1919). Of 21 Old., Sq., London (1894). Thomas Werner Laurie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Werner Laurie (1866 -1944) was a London publisher of books that were avant-garde in some cases, racy in others. He founded his T. Werner Laurie Ltd. publishing house in 1904 and was known for publishing the works of Yeats, Wilde, and Mooreas well as others of lesser renown. He published "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair when that work had been rejected for publication in England by other publishers and Sinclair stayed with Laurie for many years in gratitude. Laurie's father was a Scot and his mother a German. Joan Werner Laurie (1920-1964) his daughter, edited "She" a periodical for women. In Wandsworth at the 1939 registration.
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| Born: Edinburgh, Scotland 26th Oct 1865 | Baptised:
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| | Family: Werner Laurie |
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- 1871 census (son - Belleview, Wardle Road, Edinburgh, Scotland)
- 1881 census (son - 12 Thornby Rd., Lee, London, , , England)
- 1891 census (head of household - 29 Orde Hall st., Holborn, London, , , England)
- 1901 census (head of household - Dagenham, London, , , England)
- 1911 census (head of household -
No address )
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