1910 – Cyril Beaumont, dance historian, writer and publisher, opens his antiquarian bookshop and his Beaumont Press at 75, Charing Cross Road, London

Cyril Beaumont (1891-1976) was a bookseller, writer, critic and historian. For half a century, 75 Charing Cross Road was a magnet for anyone interested in classical ballet. This is where Cyril Beaumont ran an antiquarian bookshop and his Beaumont Press. He was one of many from this period who had been inspired with a passion for ballet by seeing a performance of Anna Pavlova. He had a profound knowledge of the history of ballet, writing many original studies and translating early balletic texts and founded the Cecchetti Society in 1922.