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Sir Stanley Unwin (19 December 1884 – 13 October 1968) was a British publisher, founder of the George Allen and Unwin house in 1914. This published serious and sometimes controversial authors like Bertrand Russell and Mahatma Gandhi. Unwin lived for some years in Handen Road in Lee in south-east London. His niece was the children's writer Ursula Moray Williams.〔(Ursula Moray Williams )〕 In 1936 J. R. R. Tolkien submitted ''The Hobbit'' for publication, and Unwin paid his ten-year-old son Rayner Unwin a shilling〔()〕 to write a report on the manuscript. Rayner's favourable response prompted Unwin to publish the book. Once the book became a success Unwin asked Tolkien for a sequel, which eventually became ''The Lord of the Rings''. SIR STANLEY UNWIN - 13 Handen Road Lee London SE12 8NP.jpg|His former home in Handen rd, London SIR STANLEY UNWIN 1884-1968 Publisher was born here.jpg|Blue Plaque on his former home ==References== 〔 *Robin Denniston, (‘Unwin, Sir Stanley (1884–1968)’ ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 11 Jan 2008 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanley Unwin (publisher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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