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Bowyer, William

Record IDcni00076665

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00076665

Gendermale

Biographical Data1663 - 1737

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Adresse: Dogwell Court, Whitefriars. - Zeitraum: 1699-1737

Adresse: White Horse in Little Britain. - Zeitraum: 1699

Devise(s) : Spectatur in ignibus

Imprimeur. - Fils d'un épicier de Londres. En apprentissage d'imprimeur de sept. 1679 à oct. 1686. Établi en 1699. Son imprimerie est détruite par un incendie le 30 janv. 1713. Décédé à Londres en déc. 1737

À partir de 1722, associé à son fils William II Bowyer, qui lui succédera

Englischer Buchdrucker. Vater von William Bowyer (1699-1777), den er 1722 in die Firma aufnahm, und der 1737 sein Nachfolger wurde. Kunde des Schriftgießers William Caslon

More Information

Further Biographical Data1663-1737

07.1663-27.12.1737

Dates of Activity1699-1737

1699-1737

Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur

Profession / OccupationImprimeur-libraire

Verleger (gnd)

ActivityType de document concerné: Texte imprimé

Drucker (1699 - 1737)

Buchdrucker (gnd)

Drucker (gnd) (1699 - 1737)

Personen zu Buchwissenschaft, Buchhandel (2.2p) (sswd)

Verleger (gnd) (1699 - 1737)

Geographic NoteGroßbritannien

GB (iso3166)

NationalityUnited Kingdom

Sign, Mark, Device etc.At the White Horse – Sign

Place of Activity

Place of ActivityLondon; Little Britain. - Dogwell court, Whitefriars (1699 - 1737)

London; White Horse in Little Britain (1699)

London; Dogwell Court, Whitefriars (1699 - 1737)

London (1699 - 1737)
Wirkungsort

Related Entries

SuccessorBowyer, William, II.
Nachf.

See alsoBowyer, William
Personal name record

Bowyer, William
Personal name record

Names

HeadingBowyer, William
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Bowyer, William, I.
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)

Bowyer, William
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameBowyer, Guil.

Bowyer, Guillaume

Bowyer, Gulielmus

Bowyer, William, der Ältere

Bowyer, William, I

Bowyer, William, I.

Bowyer, Guil.

Sources

Found inBiogr. Ind.. — Plomer 2, S. 44-45. — Timperley. — DNB. — Plomer, 1668-1725. — McKenzie. — Wing. — Oxford DNB. — LCAuth. — Plomer 2, S. 44-45. — Lex. ges. Buchwesen

Portrait by J. Lee of William Bowyer ( (senior: 1663-1737) in T. C. Hansard's 1825 book "Typographia: an historical sketch of the origin and progress of the art of printing" (between pages 324-325).
[J. Lee / Extracted from "Typographia: an historical sketch of the origin and progress of the art of printing", 1825 book by T. C. Hansard. -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William Bowyer (1663-1737).png]