George Herbert Perris (1866–1920)[1] was the originator of the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge,[2] a series of popular non-fiction books from the first half of the twentieth century that ran to over 200 volumes.

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  1. ^ Gomme, Robert. "Perris, (George) Herbert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39608. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Flanders, Amy, "The press in London, 1896-1970" in William Roger Louis, ed. (2013). History of Oxford University Press: Volume III: 1896 to 1970. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-956840-6.

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