biography
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Morison, Stanley Arthur
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| lived:
| (1889–1967)
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| biography:
| Typographer and scholar, born in Wanstead, Essex, SE England, UK. A clerk in London, he became typographical adviser to Cambridge University Press (1923–44, 1947–59) and to the Monotype Corporation (from 1923). On the staff of The Times from 1929, he designed the Times New Roman type, introduced in 1932, which the newspaper used for the next 40 years. It was to become the world's most commercially successful text face. He edited The Times Literary Supplement (1945–7), and was the author of many works on typography and calligraphy. He also edited the history of The Times (1935–52), and in 1961 was appointed to the editorial board of the Encylopaedia Britannica. |
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