 Fredric Warburg

Fredric John Warburg (27 November 1898 – 25 May 1981) was a British publisher best known for his association with the author George Orwell.During a career spanning a large part of the 20th century and ending in 1971 Warburg published Orwell's "Animal Farm" (1945) as well as "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949), and works by other leading figures such as Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka.