Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber (23 August 1889 – 31 March 1961) was a British academic, publisher, and poet. He was a nephew of the noted Catholic convert and hymn writer, Father Frederick William Faber, C.O., founder of the Brompton Oratory.
Life Faber was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford.Pine, L. G., ed., The Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 4th ed., 1960, p. 125 He gained a first in Classical Moderations in 1910 and a first in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1912.Oxford University Calendar 1914, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1914, pp. 198, 210 In 1913 he joined the Oxford University Press.
A fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was the founding editor of Faber and Gwyer (shortly afterwards Faber and Faber), one of the most celebrated of literary publishing houses.
He was knighted in the 1954 New Years Honours List.UK list:
His grave is located in the churchyard of St. James's Church, Stedham, West Sussex.
Works Interflow, Poems Mainly Lyrical (1915) In the Valley of Vision: Poems Written in Time of War (1918) Elnovia, An Entertainment for Novel Readers (1925) Oxford Apostles. A Character Study of the Oxford Movement (1933) A Publisher Speaking (1935) The Buried Stream: Collected Poems 1908–1940 (1941) Benjamin Jowett : A Portrait with Background (1957) Twelve Years (1962), a poem Modern First Editions: Points and Values
Legacy William Saroyan wrote a short story about Faber in his 1971 book, Letters from 74 rue Taitbout or Don't Go But If You Must Say Hello To Everybody.
See also
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
References
External links New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors