Anthony Bernard Blond was a British publisher and author, who was involved with several publishing companies over his career, including several he established himself, or in partnerships, from 1952.
10 Facts About Anthony Blond
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Anthony Blond's mother was from a Manchester Sephardic Jewish family.
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Anthony Blond's parents divorced when Blond was a child and Blond was educated at Eton, where he was bullied.
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Anthony Blond briefly served national service in the Army, but growing pacifism soon led to him registering as a conscientious objector.
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Anthony Blond was an early director and publisher of satirical magazine Private Eye.
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In 1955, Anthony Blond married Charlotte, the daughter of John Strachey; the marriage lasted until 1960, and Charlotte eventually married the political journalist Peter Jenkins.
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Anthony Blond had a son, Aaron, by the author Cressida Lindsay.
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Anthony Blond was a Labour Party candidate in Chester at the 1964 general election and was on the executive of the National Council for Civil Liberties.
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Anthony Blond died aged 79 in hospital in Limoges, France, near the home he had shared with his wife for 25 years.
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Anthony Blond was described in Michael Barber's Guardian obituary as "the last of the eponymous Jewish publishers whose chutzpah made publishing hum in the days before the conglomerates".