Frederick Victor Grey Wymark (6 October 1872 – 19 October 1942) was an Australian Australiana collector, book collector and bookseller.
Frederick Victor Grey Wymark | |
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| Born | 6 October 1872 Stawell, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | `19 October 1942 (aged 80) Church Point, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Bookseller, book and manuscript collector, collector of Australiana |
Biography
editWymark was born in Stawell, Victoria to a local Victorian mother and British father, he came to Sydney in 1884 and grew up in Wooloomooloo, when David Angus opened a book store in Market Street, Sydney, Wymark became his assistant and was then apprenticed by Angus in 1890, Angus subsequently with his business partner established the retailer Angus & Robertson bookstores. After David Angus died in 1900, Wymark took over the majority share of the company with George Robertson. Wymark died in Church Point, New South Wales in 1942.[1][2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Wymark, Marjorie. "Wymark, Frederick Victor Grey (1872–1942)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Australian Booksellers Association; Manton, George Jervis, 1876-1961 (1980), The early Australian booksellers : the Australian Booksellers Association memorial book of fellowship, Australian Booksellers Association, ISBN 978-0-9598893-2-1
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