Stanley Morison

Stanley Morison (born May 6, 1889, Wanstead, Essex, England—died October 11, 1967, London) was an English typographer, scholar, and historian of printing, particularly remembered for his design of Times New Roman, later called the most successful new typeface of the first half of the 20th century. Following an elementary-school education, Morison became, in 1905, a clerk in the London City Mission, where he remained for seven years. After reading a printing supplement in The Times...