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1522–84, English printer. At his London shop Day designed and made type for himself, but not for sale. His types included musical notes and the firs...
(py r s môN´ f rny ´) (KEY) , 1712–68, Parisian type founder. Fournier devised the first point system for measuring and naming sizes of type in 1...
1685–1758, American colonial printer, b. Shropshire, England. He arrived in Boston c.1712, a refugee because of his opposition to the High Church, a...
(s b´ n) (KEY) , 1821–81, American bibliophile, b. England. Sabin came to the United States in 1848 and established himself as a dealer in rare boo...
( l ´äs mäng´n s fr s) (KEY) , 1794–1878, Swedish botanist. He taught (1834–59) at the Univ. of Uppsala. Fries originated the modern classific...
(hw t´ nj m, – ng- m) (KEY) , 1767–1840, English printer. He established a printery in London in 1789, removing to Chiswick and founding the Chis...