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In his work, he made OUP a major worldwide publisher of noteworthy books, music, and educational material for the general public, complementing the scholarly work of the
94:(1903–1959); his younger son was the racket and hockey player David Milford (1905–1984). His sister Violet Alice Milford was the mother of the poet and scholar 223: 1255: 267: 1245: 1216: 195: 151: 831: 17: 1056: 293: 166: 275: 34:(8 February 1877 – 6 September 1952) was an English publisher and editor who from 1913 to 1945 was publisher to the 216: 76: 271: 104:
of London cited his "unfailing catholicity", "nose for a good book", and "rare sense of the practicable".
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in 1928, he was among those awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the university. He was knighted in 1936.
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Norrington, A. L. P. β€œMilford, Sir Humphrey Sumner”.
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in Oxford. Milford himself edited volumes of works of
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Humphrey S. Milford
University of Oxford
Oxford University Press
Clarendon Press
Robert Browning
William Cowper
Leigh Hunt
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Oxford English Dictionary
Robin Milford
Anne Ridler
The Times
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