Tolbert Lanston
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 111 years ago |
Date of birth | February 3,1844 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Troy |
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United States | |
Date of died | February 18,1913 |
Died | Washington |
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United States | |
Founded | Lanston Monotype Company |
Monotype Imaging | |
Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal |
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ID | 1214052 |
Tolbert Lanston Life story
Tolbert Lanston was the American founder of Monotype, inventing a mechanical typesetting system patented in 1887 and the first hot metal typesetter a few years later.