Antony Kamm (2 March 1931 – 11 February 2011) was an English publisher, author, historian and cricketer.
[1] He read Classics for two years before switching to English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford University.
He was a right-handed batsman and wicket keeper who represented Middlesex in two first-class matches in 1952,[1] six for Oxford University (1952–1955; blue 1954) and once for Free Foresters in 1956.
In this role, he acquired the rights to the Asterix comic books, launching English editions of them which began in 1968, co-translated by his then wife, Anthea Bell, and Derek Hockridge.
[1] He married Anthea Bell (1936–2018) in 1957; the couple had two sons, Richard and Oliver (the latter, a journalist at The Times), but subsequently divorced in 1973.