Iain Stevenson (1950/1951-died March 2017) was emeritus professor of publishing at University College London. [1] He founded the environmental publishers, Belhaven Press.
Stevenson's first career was in commercial publishing where he worked for Longman, Macmillan, Wiley, and the Stationery Office. [2] He later moved into academia and in 1981 obtained his PhD from the University of London for a thesis titled "Viticulture and society in the Herault (France) during the Phylloxera Crisis, 1862-1907". [3] He was professor of publishing studies at City University, London and later professor and emeritus professor of publishing at University College London. [2]
He founded the environmental publishers Belhaven Press. [4] In 2010, the British Library published his history of British publishing, Book Makers: British Publishing in the Twentieth Century.
In March 2017, Stevenson was hit by a car in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, while walking down the street. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries, aged reportedly 66. [5] [6]