1872 - 1944 (72 years)
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Name |
Edward Johnstone |
Birth |
11 Feb 1872 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
26 Nov 1944 |
Person ID |
I80614 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
18 Nov 2023 |
Family |
Greta Grieg d. 1936 |
Marriage |
20 Aug 1903 |
- In September 1900 Johnston met a lively, sociable Scottish schoolmistress called Greta Grieg (d. 1936). After his loveless childhood, he was ready for the security she offered, though he
had perhaps already learned too well to be alone. They were married on 20 August 1903. Priscilla Johnston's moving biography of her father is also a tribute to her parents' love for each
other, shyly acknowledged on Johnston's part. They lived at first in a flat in Gray's Inn; from 1905 in Hammersmith Terrace, by the Thames; and from 1912 in Ditchling in Sussex, always
surrounded
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Children |
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Family ID |
F18031 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
18 Nov 2023 |
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Notes |
- Edward Johnston, CBE (11 February 1872 ? 26 November 1944) was a Uruguayan and British craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the father of modern calligraphy, in the particular form of the broad edged pen as a writing tool. He is most famous for designing the sans-serif Johnston typeface that was used throughout the London Underground system until it was re-designed in the 1980s. He also redesigned the famous roundel symbol used throughout the system.
his paternal grandmother was Priscilla Buxton (1808-1852) , the slavery abolitionist
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