Henry George Bohn was an influential British publisher, antiquarian, and author of the 19th century. He is best known for founding the popular and affordable 'Bohn's Libraries' series, which made classical literature and scholarly works widely accessible to the public. His own literary contributions included compiling dictionaries of quotations and proverbs, which became standard reference works. Bohn's entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to affordable knowledge significantly impacted the reading habits and intellectual landscape of Victorian England.