In 1816 produced the first sans-serif printing type. Great grandson of William Caslon I.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Caslon IV
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2 - Red Lion Court – Caslon
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Edgar Wilson
Maker of model houses. Born c.1870. At the time he made the villages he was about 75 years old and living at 70 Hamilton Road, Norwood. The Friends of Vauxhall Park are very informative: "The Mode...
Anna Maria Garthwaite
Fabric designer. Born Leicestershire. Moved with her sister to Princes (now Princlet) Street in 1728. Many of her over 1000 designs for Spitalfield silks survive at the V&A Museum and she has b...
John Stephen
Founder of Carnaby Street as world centre for men's fashion in the 1960s. From Glasgow. The V&A hold his archive.
Bazaar, Kings Road
The first Bazaar boutique was opened by Mary Quant at 138a Kings Road, in 1955. More information and photos at our Image Source, the magnificent Another Nickel in the Machine. Quant opened a second...
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An activist gay network for resistance through direct action, solidarity & community building.
Corporation of the City of London
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
Lieutenant-General Charles Fleetwood
Fought on the anti-royalist side in the Civil War. In 1652 he married for the second time to Bridget, Cromwell's daughter and widow of Henry Ireton. That same year he was appointed Lord Deputy of I...
Lewen Sharp
Architect and local politician. Alderman of the LCC and Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council in 1906. The LCC's representative on the Royal Institute of British Arch...
Hitchcock mosaics 17 - Young Alfred outside his father’s shop
E11, Church Lane, Leytonstone tube station
The photograph on which the design of this mosaic is based is analysed in detail at The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki and the conclusion is that ...
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