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Life Summary

Name	Alexander Thorley Bolton
Alternative Names	Martin Em
Born	22 January, 1926 Drummoyne, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 November, 1996 (aged 70) Watson, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bolton, Beulah Alice (aunt) Davis, Beatrice Deloitte (mentor) Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (collaborator) Stead, Christina Ellen (collaborator) Hope, Alec Derwent (collaborator) Clark, Charles Manning (collaborator) Campbell, David Watt (collaborator) McAuley, James Phillip (collaborator) Hanrahan, Barbara Janice (collaborator)
Education *	Coogee Boys Preparatory School (Sydney) (student, 1934-1939) Sydney Grammar School (student, 1940-1943) University of Sydney (student, 1944-1950) London College of Printing (student, 1966-1971)
Occupation or Descriptor *	sailor (1944-1947) Federal, Australia scriptwriter (1947-1948) New South Wales, Australia book editor (1950-1966) New South Wales, Australia poet (1950-1952) New South Wales, Australia book editor (1966-1971) Overseas book publisher (1971-1996) Australian Capital Territory, Australia photographer (general) (1971-1996) Australian Capital Territory, Australia printer (1973-1996) Australian Capital Territory, Australia columnist (1978-1981) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (sailor)
Awards	Australian Publishers Association Hall of Fame (inductee, 1995)
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of the Humanities (honorary fellow, 1996-1996)
Workplaces *	Angus and Robertson (employee, 1950-1960) Ure Smith Pty Ltd (employee, 1960-1966) Angus and Robertson (employee, 1966-1971) National Library of Australia (employee, 1971-1987) Brindabella Press (owner, 1973-1985) Officina Brindabella (owner, 1985-1992) Brindabella Press (owner, 1992)

* Dates are approximate