Caslon, William
Record IDcnp01399821
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01399821
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Biographical Data1693 - 1766
Place of BirthCradley
Place of DeathBethnal Green
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Graveur et fondeur de caractères et imprimeur. - Serait né en 1692 à Cradley (Worcestershire), fils d'un savetier de la localité voisine de Halesowen. Baptisé le 23 avril 1693, il pourrait donc aussi être né en 1693. En apprentissage à Londres chez un ouvrier en métaux à partir de mai 1706, il travaille ensuite à graver des ornements sur des armes, mousquets notamment. Encouragé par un groupe d'imprimeurs et libraires de Londres à graver des caractères typographiques, il se lance dans la fonderie vers 1722. Publie son premier spécimen de caractères en 1734. Devient le principal fournisseur des imprimeries de Grande-Bretagne et d'Amérique du Nord. Décédé à Bethnal-Green en janv. 1766. Son fils William II Caslon (1720-1778), associé à l'entreprise dès 1742 sous la raison "William Caslon and son", lui succède en 1766
Matière nom commun associée: Caractères Caslon
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Further Biographical Data1693-1766
1692-23.01.1766
XX.XX.1692-23.01.1766. anderslt. Geburtsjahr 1693
Dates of Activity1722?-1766
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur, Collaborateur technico-artistique
Profession / OccupationImprimeur-libraire
ActivityPersonen zu Schrift, Handschriftenkunde (2.1p) (sswd)
Graveur (gnd)
Schriftgießer (gnd)
Stempelmacher (gnd)
Type de document concerné: Texte imprimé
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
Großbritannien
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Place of Activity
Place of BirthCradley
Geburtsort
Geburtsort
Place of ActivityLondon; Helmet row. - Ironmonger row [1734]. - Chiswell street (1722? - 1766)
London
Wirkungsort
Wirkungsort
Place of DeathBethnal Green
Sterbeort
Sterbeort
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Names
HeadingCaslon, William
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Caslon, William
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Caslon, William, the Elder
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Variant NameCaslon, Gulielmus
Caslon, William
Caslon, William, I
Sources
Found inGlaister, G.A.:Glossary of the book, 1979=Caslon, William, 1693-1766. — M. — LCAuth. — AKL. — Plomer, Bushnell, Dix : date de début d'activité 1720. — DEL. — Oxford DNB
Imprint SourcesA Pair on printing, 1982 tp=William Caslon p.55=William Caslon, founder of type-founding company that still bears his name, was b. 1693.4.23 in Halesowen, Worcester; family name Castledown was changed to Caslon, apparently by William's father; set up shop in 1716; in 1742 his son William II joined the firm; the elder Caslon retired in 1766; Caslon died age 72
Painting of William Caslon, typefounder. He holds his specimen of printing types. This painting was held by the Caslon company and later became the property of the Monotype corporation. I do not know its current location.
[Original painting: Francis Kyte, reproduction: H. W. Caslon & Co., 1915 / https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypes00hwcarich/page/n11/mode/1up -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William Caslon painting from Caslon specimen of 1915.jpg]
[Original painting: Francis Kyte, reproduction: H. W. Caslon & Co., 1915 / https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypes00hwcarich/page/n11/mode/1up -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William Caslon painting from Caslon specimen of 1915.jpg]
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Porträt William Caslon
[This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0]
[This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0]
Porträt William Caslon
[This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0]
[This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0]
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