Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- First window. Very little is known about the life and career of Andrew Hester (c.15 -- – c. 1556). He worked as a bookseller and printer at St. Paul's Churchyard in London, and his practice was most likely located at the Sign of the White Horse. In
Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Few records exist to document the early life of Hugh Singleton (c. 15-- – 1593). It is known, however, that he spent the majority of his life in London, with the exception of periods abroad in Germany. Before becoming a printer, Singleton
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. The earliest records concerning the career of John Skot (alternatively spelled Scott; c. 15-- – 1537) place him in the Parish of St. Sepulchre in 1521. In this same year, the first dated books attributed to him were published: The Body of
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. Julian Notary (1455 - 1523) spent the early part of his career in a partnership with Jean Barbier and a printer whose initials are alleged to stand for J. Huvin. Together they established their first firm in London, where they published
Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Peter Treveris (alternatively known as Peter of Treves; c. 14-- – 1535), a native of Germany, worked primarily in Southwark, London, closely pursuing his business partnership with Wynkyn de Worde between 1521 and 1533. Treveris published
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. Richard Grafton (c. 1511-1573) was born in Shrewsbury in 1511 and was apprenticed to a grocer in 1526, through whom he became affiliated with the Grocers' Company in London. This involvement did not concern trade as much as it did
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Second window. Originally from Normandy, Richard Pynson (1449 - c.1529) integrated the methods of his French contemporaries into his work in England. It is likely that he contracted his printing firm in London from English printer William de Machlinia
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. Little is known about the early life and schooling of Robert Copland (c. 14-- – 1548). Based on his work with William Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde, however, it is clear that Copland received a fine education, specifically in French and
Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- First window. Walter Chepman (c. 1471 – 1528) was born circa 1471 in Ayr, Scotland and moved to Edinburgh in 1493, where he pursued a career as a merchant alongside Andrew Halyburton. He concurrently began his career as a notary to the royal household
Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. William Caxton (c. 1422 - c. 1492) was born in Kent and, by 1438, was apprenticed to a mercer in London. He eventually settled in Bruges, where his business prospered. In 1463, he became Governor of the English Nation of Merchant
Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. While much of his early life remains unknown, it is clear that Wynkyn de Worde (c.14-- – 1534) emigrated from his supposed home in the region of Alsace-Lorraine and began printing in England toward the end of the 15th century, primarily
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