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Floruit: 1816
floruit 1816 (D)—1816 (B); Male, married
Life Events
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| Death |
- on 23 May 1816 New Monthly Mag. - At Hackney. |
Timperley, C.H. (1842), p.864
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Family Relationships
Occupations (1)
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Comment
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| Printer |
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Events (1)
Further Notes
New Monthly Mag., no. 30 (July 1816), p.560 [Died] At Hackney, ---, printer. 37. He was a very ingenious and industrious man, and author of the Printer's Grammar and several other books connected with the printing business. --- Timperley, C.H. (1842), p.864 1816, May 23. Died. Caleb Stower, a very ingenious and industrious printer, of Hackney, where he carried on a respectable business, and died, aged thirty-seven years, leaving a widow and four children to deplore his loss. He was a native of Taunton, in Somersetshire, and firs commenced business in Paternoster-row, London. Mr.Stower was the author of - Typograhical Marks used in correcting Proofs explained and exemplified, 8vo. 1805. The compositor's and Pressman's Guide to the Art of Printint, royal 12mo, 1808. The Printer's Grammar, 8vo. 1808. The Printer's Price Book, 8vo.1814. "The press," says Mr.Stower, "is the great engine by which man is enable to improve the faculties of his nature; it is the preserver of the knowledge and acquirements of former generations, and the great barrier when not preverted by the hand of power, against the debasement of the human mind, and the equalizing effects of despotism". ---