Peter D. Martin
American professor and bookstore owner
Peter Dean Martin (1923 – March 3, 1988) was an American college professor and bookstore owner, known for his founding of the City Lights Bookstore. He was the son of Carlo Tresca and Sabina 'Bina' Flynn, and the nephew of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Peter D. Martin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1923, died Mar 3, 1988.1
Companies
- City Lights BookstoreFounder9
Early life and education
Martin was teaching sociology at San Francisco State College when in 1953 he founded the short lived City Lights Publishing company. To support the publishing company, he started the City Lights Pocket Book Shop with Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
After two years, he sold his interest in the bookstore and returned to his native New York, where he founded the New Yorker Bookstore with his wife Madeleine Dimond.
From Wikipedia’s article on Peter D. Martin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: writer.5
- Date not recordedWorked at San Francisco State University3
- Date not recordedFounded City Lights Bookstore4
Personal life
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Sources
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- 1WikidataPeter D. Martin on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPeter D. Martin on Wikipedia
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- 8Wikidataspouse, as reported
- 9WikidataCity Lights Bookstore, Founder
- 10Wikimedia CommonsPeter D. Martin photo by Sarfatims, CC BY-SA 4.0