![]() He was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and moved from there to Harringay, London, when he was eight years old.įrom 1919 to 1924, Doel was educated at Hornsey County Grammar School, a co-educational school also attended by his elder brother. The shop where he worked was at 84 Charing Cross Road, the title of a bestselling 1970 book written by Hanff which became a cult classic, a 1981 stage play, and a 1987 film starring Anthony Hopkins as Doel and Anne Bancroft as Hanff. ![]() ( February 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įrank Percy Doel (14 July 1908 – 22 December 1968) was a British antiquarian bookseller for Marks & Co in London who achieved posthumous fame as the recipient of a series of humorous letters from American author Helene Hanff, to which he scrupulously and, at first, very formally replied. ![]() Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. ![]() Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. ![]()
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