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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Stone, Alan (1909-1979), typographer and graduate of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Parallel form(s) of name
- Alan Reynolds Stone, CBE
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Description area
Dates of existence
1909 - 1979
History
Matriculated in 1927.
Fairfax Scott got him involved in the Cambridge University Press, where he learned typography, and from there he studied lettering (very briefly) with Eric Gill. During the war he worked on aerial photographic interpretation, making a major contribution to the war effort. He was a consummate designer of book-plates, but also designed royal arms, and for The Times and the Bank of England. In Magdalene he designed the 1939-1945 War Memorial (cut by his cousin Will Carter). Made an Honorary Fellow in 1978.