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'''Sidgwick & Jackson''' is an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of [[book]] [[Publisher|publishing company]] [[Pan Macmillan]]. ItFormerly it was an independent publisher; as such it was founded in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] in 1908. NotableIts notable early authors include [[poet]] [[Rupert Brooke]] and novelist [[E.M. Forster]]. In more recent times it helped launch the careers of [[Lynda La Plante]], [[Shirley Conran]] and [[Judith Krantz]].
 
The Managing Director from 1968 to 1995 was William Armstrong,; the company and Armstrong were said to have encouraged individuality and entrepreneurship among its staff. Armstrong was also the father of the singer [[Dido (singer)|Dido]].<ref name=Independent_obituary>{{cite web |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2160041.ece |title=William Armstrong—Publisher at Sidgwick & Jackson |author=Patrick Janson-Smith |work=Obituaries |date=2007-01-17 |publisher=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=2008-10-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214191642/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2160041.ece |archivedate=2007-12-14 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishingnews.co.uk/pnarchive/display.asp?K=e2007011113181138&st_01=william+armstrong&pl=10&fields=default&sort=date%2Fd&sf_01=KEYWORD&stem=false&sf_03=type&sf_02=date&m=1&dc=6 |title=A rebel at heart—Margaret Willes remembers William Armstrong |work=PN Archive |publisher=Publishing News |first=Margaret |last=Willes |date=2007-01-12 |accessdate=2008-10-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625044447/http://www.publishingnews.co.uk/pnarchive/display.asp?K=e2007011113181138&st_01=william+armstrong&pl=10&fields=default&sort=date%2Fd&sf_01=KEYWORD&stem=false&sf_03=type&sf_02=date&m=1&dc=6 |archivedate=2009-06-25 |df= }}</ref>
 
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