Young, Edward Preston
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Name (Latin)
Young, Edward Preston
Other forms of name
Young, Edward, 1913-
Date of birth
1913-11-17
Date of death
2003-01-28
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1913
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Sources of Information
- BL AL recd. 20 Oct. 1988(Edward Preston Young, born 17 Nov. 1913)
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1913)
- His One of our submarines, 1952.
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Edward Young
Lt MHA McNeill - official Royal navy photographer, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Edward Preston "Teddy" Young, & Bar (17 November 1913 – 28 January 2003), was a British graphic designer, submariner and publisher. In 1935, he joined the then new publishers Penguin Books and was responsible for designing the cover scheme used by Penguin for many years as well as drawing the original penguin logo. During World War II he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and became the first British RNVR officer to command a submarine. After the war he returned to the publishing world and eventually became managing director of the Rainbird Group. Having written his wartime biography, One of Our Submarines, in 1952, he later wrote several other books.
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