Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (1889-1984) was the son of Benjamin Henry Blackwell, who had been ABA president in 1912. He added publishing to the Blackwell firm's bookselling activities and was also involved in the Shakespeare Head Press.  He took over the business on his father's death in 1924, was ABA president shortly afterwards, as well as president of the (new) Booksellers' Association in 1934-1936.  He was knighted in 1956, elected an honorary fellow of Merton College in 1959, and served as president of the Classical Association (1964-1965) and of the English Association (1969-1970). On the hundredth anniversary of the founding of B. H. Blackwell Ltd. in 1979, Oxford University made him an honorary DCL.