Emery Walker

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Emery Walker was a British engraver, printer, and typographer whose expertise in fine printing and type design significantly influenced the Arts and Crafts movement.

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Emery Walker canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
engraver
human
printer
typographer
associatedWith Arts and Crafts movement
Doves Press
Kelmscott Press
coFounded Doves Press
coFounderWith T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1851-04-02
dateOfDeath 1933-07-22
employer Walker and Boutall
familyName Walker
fieldOfWork book design
printing
typography
fullName Sir Emery Walker
givenName Emery
hasHeritageDesignation Blue plaque at his Hammersmith house
hasHouseMuseum 7 Hammersmith Terrace, London
hasWorkLocation Hammersmith
London
linked to: London, England
honorificTitle Sir
influenced Kelmscott Press
William Morris
knownFor expertise in fine printing
expertise in type design
influence on the Arts and Crafts movement
memberOf Art Workers' Guild
linked to: Art Workers Guild
movement Arts and Crafts movement
notableFor fine printing
type design
typography
notableWork typographic advice for Kelmscott Press books
typographic model for the Doves type
occupation engraver
printer
printing historian
typographer
placeOfBirth England
London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath England
London
linked to: London, England
residence Hammersmith
sexOrGender male

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Kelmscott Press collaboratedWith Emery Walker
T. J. Cobden-Sanderson partner Emery Walker
Doves Press foundedBy Emery Walker
Ashendene Press collaboratedWith Emery Walker
Sir Emery Walker name Emery Walker