Frederick Warne (13 October 1825 – 17 November 1901) was a British publisher, founder of Frederick Warne & Co.He was born in Westminster in 1825, sixth and youngest son of the twelve children of Edmund Warne, a builder, and wife Matilda. Educated privately in Soho, he joined, aged fourteen, his brother William Henry Warne (d. 1859), and his brother-in-law George Routledge, in the retail bookselling business which Routledge had founded in 1836 in Ryder's Court, Leicester Square. Routledge started a publishing business in 1843, and in 1851 Warne became a partner in the firm, which was then styled Routledge & Co.; the name was changed to Routledge, Warne & Routledge in 1858 on Routledge's son, Robert Warne Routledge, becoming a partner. From 1851 to 1865 Warne was largely identified with the success of the firm. Wikipedia
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