Sylvia Whitman
Sylvia Whitman (April 1, 1981) is the proprietor of the Shakespeare and Company in Paris, the celebrated bohemian bookstore known for welcoming readers and writers from around the world. She is the daughter of the shop's founder, the late George Whitman. Biography Whitman is the only child of George Whitman, who in 1951 founded the Shakespeare and Company bookstore located at 37 rue de la Bûcherie in Paris. Her mother was Felicity Leng, a young British woman who had a brief marriage with George. According to author Jeremy Mercer, she was named after St. Sylvia, but George soon started maintaining she was named after Sylvia Beach, who had opened the original Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941), and he stated in one bookstore publication that her name was Sylvia Beach Whitman. She began co-managing Shakespeare and Company with her father in 2003 at age 22. She continues to run it today with her partner, David Delannet, in the same manner her father had, allowing young write ...
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University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = £1.544 billion (2019/20) , chancellor = Anne, Princess Royal(as Chancellor of the University of London) , provost = Michael Spence , head_label = Chair of the council , head = Victor L. L. Chu , free_label = Visitor , free = Sir Geoffrey Vos , academic_staff = 9,100 (2020/21) , administrative_staff = 5,855 (2020/21) , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , coordinates = , campus = Urban , city = London, England , affiliations = , colours = Purple and blue celeste , nickname ...
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