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Quick Facts John Baskerville, Born ...
John Baskerville | |
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Born | (bap.) 28 January 1706 Wolverley, England |
Died | 8 January 1775 (age 69) Birmingham, England, at his home Easy Hill |
Monuments | Industry and Genius |
Occupation(s) | Manufacturer, printer and type designer |
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John Baskerville (28 January 1706 – 8 January 1775) was a Birmingham industrialist who became successful manufacturing japan ware. In middle-age, he turned his attention to printing. He produced books that were both technically innovative and of high quality although with limited commercial success. He remembered today as a typographer and one of the finest English printers of the 18th century. The typeface he designed for his books, now named Baskerville after him, fell into obscurity in the 19th century, but was revived in the early-20th. It and its derivatives are today widely used.