Updike, Daniel Berkeley (1860-1941)

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Birth Date

1860-02-14

Death Date

1941-12-28

Birthplace

Providence, RI

Biographical Text

Daniel Berkeley Updike was a printer, typography historian, and the founder of the Merrymount Press in Boston. Updike began his career at the publisher Houghton Mufflin, where he learned the process of publishing and book-making. In 1893 he opened his own studio to design type fonts, later founding the Merrymount Press in 1896. The new press quickly garnered reputation for its innovative design and printing. Updike also taught printing history at Harvard Business School and published several books, his most famous being Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use.

Updike died in 1941.

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Uprety, Utkarsh

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1907

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“Updike, Daniel Berkeley (1860-1941),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 7, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2464.