Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 1889 – 9 April 1984) was an English bookseller.
Upon his father's death in 1924, he took over the company and remained working there for decades.
[1] He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1956 by Queen Elizabeth II,[2][3] the only bookseller ever to receive that honour.
[citation needed] In 1959, he was elected to an honorary Fellowship at Merton.
[4] In 1979, he was awarded a Doctorate of Civil Law honoris causa at the Oxford Encaenia.