HISTORIAN

Stanley Morison

1889 - 1967

Photo of Stanley Morison

Icon of person Stanley Morison

Stanley Arthur Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past. From the 1920s Morison became an influential adviser to the British Monotype Corporation, advising them on type design. His strong aesthetic sense was a force within the company, which starting shortly before his joining became increasingly known for commissioning popular, historically influenced designs that revived some of the best typefaces of the past, with particular attention to the middle period of printing from the Renaissance to the late eighteenth century, and creating and licensing several new type designs that would become popular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Morison is the 467th most popular historian (down from 402nd in 2019), the 4,233rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,419th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Stanley Morison by language

Loading...

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Stanley Morison ranks 467 out of 561. Before him are Aron Gurevich, Anvar Chingizoglu, Eadmer, Mikhail Artamonov, Herwig Wolfram, and Irina Antonova. After him are René Rémond, Richard J. Evans, Sara Ashurbeyli, Miguel León-Portilla, Ji Xianlin, and Benjamin Mazar.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Stanley Morison ranks 245. Before him are Suzanne Duchamp, Virgilio Mantegazza, Thomas Hart Benton, Otto Scheff, Paul Deman, and Miguel Mariano Gómez. After him are Dirk Coster, Frederico Paredes, Roberto Ferrari, Teresa de la Parra, Nagamichi Kuroda, and Herbert Hübner. Among people deceased in 1967, Stanley Morison ranks 225. Before him are Anton Walbrook, Henri Guérin, Friedrich Gogarten, Marie Noël, Renzo De Vecchi, and Paul Castanet. After him are Octacílio, Sergey Gorodetsky, Joseph Perotaux, Herman Teirlinck, Elmer Rice, and Harald Julin.

Others Born in 1889

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1967

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Morison ranks 4,234 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Price (1723), Henry Litolff (1818), Neil Bartlett (1932), George Rodger (1908), Peter Davison (1951), and Joe Cole (1981). After him are Fred Karno (1866), David Wilkie (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), Steve Hogarth (1956), Harry Ryan (1893), and Mal Evans (1935).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Stanley Morison ranks 49. Before him are Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Donald Nicol (1923), Martin Gilbert (1936), Lawrence Stone (1919), David Marshall Lang (1924), and Mary Beard (1955). After him are Richard J. Evans (1947), David Abulafia (1949), Niall Ferguson (1964), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), William Robertson (1721), and William Dalrymple (1965).

British born Historians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous