John Baskerville

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human printer type designer typographer

John Baskerville was an 18th-century English printer and typographer renowned for his high-quality book production and the influential Baskerville typeface.

Aliases (1)

Baskerville typeface ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → printer → type designer → typographer →
basedIn	Birmingham →
burialPlace	Birmingham →
countryOfCitizenship	England → Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1706-01-28 →
dateOfDeath	1775-01-08 →
designed	Baskerville typeface → italic typefaces → roman typefaces →
employer	self-employed →
fieldOfWork	printing → type design → typography →
genre	fine printing →
hasSignatureWork	Baskerville Bible → Baskerville Virgil →
influenced	Didone typefaces → Giambattista Bodoni → modern serif type design →
knownFor	Baskerville typeface → high-quality book production → refined printing techniques →
languageOfWork	English →
movement	Enlightenment →
name	John Baskerville →
notableWork	Baskerville typeface → edition of Virgil (1757) → folio Bible (1763) →
occupation	printer → stonecutter → type designer → writing master →
partner	Sarah Eaves →
periodActive	mid-18th century →
placeOfBirth	Wolverley → Worcestershire →
placeOfDeath	Birmingham →
printed	classical Latin texts → literary works → religious works →
spouse	Sarah Eaves →
style	transitional serif typography →
usedMaterial	dark, lustrous ink → highly polished paper → wove paper →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lunar Society of Birmingham →	hasMember
John Baskerville ("Baskerville typeface") →	knownFor
John Baskerville →	name