Paul Bennett (typographer)
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Paul Arthur Bennett (March 22, 1897 – December 18, 1966) was an American typographer and author.
Biography
Paul Arthur Bennett was born in Brooklyn on March 22, 1897. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at 19, near the end of World War I. He served overseas from November 1918 to June 1919.[1]
Bennett was director of typography for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company in the USA for 30 years before his retirement in 1962. Other clients included Fuller-Smith, Dunlop-Ward, the Chandler Motor Company.[2] He wrote several papers, monographs, and keepsakes for The Typophiles, and also edited the book Books and Printing (1951). Bennett was a leading member of the Typophiles Society in New York City.[2]
He died in his home in Jackson Heights, Queens.[3]
References
- ^ New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919
- ^ a b "archives.nypl.org -- Paul A. Bennett papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Paul A. Bennett, 69, Type Expert". New York Times. December 19, 1966. p. 37. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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