Noel Carrington
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Noel Carrington | |
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| Born | 1895 Hereford, England |
| Died | 1989 (aged 93–94) |
| Nationality | English |
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| Spouse | Catharine Alexander (m. 1925) |
| Children | 3 |
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Noel Lewis Carrington (1895 – 11 April 1989) was an English book designer, editor, publisher, and the founder of Puffin Books.[1][2] He was the author of books on design and on recreation and also worked for Oxford University Press and Penguin Books. In the 1920s he went out to India on behalf of OUP to establish a branch office there.
The son of railway engineer Samuel Carrington and Charlotte (née Houghton),[3] and brother of the artist Dora Carrington, Noel Carrington was born in Hereford in 1895. He was educated at Bedford School and at Christ Church, Oxford.[4] In 1925 Noel Carrington married Catharine Alexander (1904–2004), who had been a student at the Slade School of Fine Art. They had three children, Paul, Joanna and Jane, and lived in Hampstead until soon after 1945 when they moved to Lambourn, Berkshire, to farm at Long Acre.[5] Some of Noel Carrington's correspondence with his sister Dora has been published. He died on 11 April 1989, aged 94.
