Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Carter, William Nicholas (1912-2001), typographer, inscriptional letter-cutter and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Parallel form(s) of name
- William Nicholas Carter, OBE
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1912 - 2001
History
Typographer and inscriptional letter-cutter in wood, slate and stone, working in Cambridge from 1934, and founder of the Rampant Lions Press.
Made an Honorary Fellow in 1977. He produced many inscriptions and brasses for the College, beginning with the 1939 - 1945 War Memorial designed by Reynolds Stone. Described by Brooke Crutchley, University Printer, as having produced some of the ‘most handsome products of the printing press in this century’, his letter-cutting was perhaps of more variable quality, and not given to virtuoso displays.
In the College Magazine
Article: 'Will Carter and The Rampant Lions Press' by Brooke Crutchley, College Magazine, vol. 26 (1981-82) pp. 41-45
Obituary by R. Hyam and R. Luckett, College Magazine, vol. 45 (2000-01) pp.14-18