Robert Thorne (typographer)
British type founder and typographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Thorne (1754 – 11 March 1820)[1] was a British type founder and typographer.[2] An apprentice to Thomas Cottrell, who had been an employee of William Caslon,[3] Thorne later acquired Cottrell's type foundry.[4] He was successful in business and left a fortune of £25,000 on his death in 1820.[5][lower-alpha 1] Thorne is buried at Holloway Road Cemetery, where his tomb is extant.[1][6]