John Baskerville

(28 January 1706 – 8 January 1775)

Born at Sion Hill Farm, Wolverley, Worcestershire. He was employed as a footman and became a writing teacher and calligrapher.
He taught himself japanning, the covering of metalware with layers of varnish usually decorated with pictures, and from 1740 made it a successful business in Moor Street, Birmingham.
He lived openly with his companion [...]

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