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21List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2006 — U.S. and Canadian Fellows= A* Kathryn Alexander, Composer, New Haven, Connecticut; Associate Professor of Music Composition, Yale University: Music composition. * Cristian Amigo, Composer, Astoria, New York; Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin… …
22Berthold typesetting systems — The German company H. Berthold AG was founded in Berlin by Hermann Berthold in the year 1858.As a typefounder, Berthold had no background in producing typesetting machinery until the introduction of the Diatype in 1958.DiatypeThe Diatype was a… …
23American Art-Union — The American Art Union (1839 1851) was a subscription based organization founded in 1840, whose goal was to enlighten and educate an American public to a national art, while providing a support system for the viewing and sales of art “executed by …
24George Nicol (bookseller) — George Nicol (1740? ndash; 25 June 1828) was a bookseller and publisher in eighteenth century London. In 1781, he became bookseller to George III, a position he held until 1820. In 1785, he published an improved edition of James Cook s third… …
25List of atheists (miscellaneous) — Business* John Baskerville (1706 ndash;1775): English typesetter, printing innovator and typefounder, designer of the typeface that bears his name. [Baskerville left directions that his body be buried in a Conical Building in my own premises… …
26graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, esp. to produce a specific effect. * * * The art and profession of selecting and arranging visual elements such as… …
27typography — /tuy pog reuh fee/, n. 1. the art or process of printing with type. 2. the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them. 3. the general character or appearance of printed matter. [1635 45; < NL typographia, equiv. to Gk týpo(s)… …
28Bessemer, Sir Henry — born Jan. 19, 1813, Charlton, Hertfordshire, Eng. died March 15, 1898, London British inventor and engineer. Son of a metallurgist, he set up his own casting business at 17. At that time the only iron based construction materials were cast iron… …
29Caslon, William — ▪ English printer born 1692, Cradley, Worcestershire, Eng. died Jan. 23, 1766, Bethnal Green, London English typefounder who, between 1720 and 1726, designed the typeface that bears his name. His work helped to modernize the book, making it …
30Foulis, Robert — ▪ Scottish printer born April 20, 1707, Glasgow died June 2, 1776, Edinburgh Scottish printer whose work had considerable influence on the bookmakers of his time. Foulis was the son of a brewer and qualified as a master barber. While… …
