Record

Code	DS/UK/410
Person Name	Fenton; Robert George (15 Aug 1891-1989); Typographer and Lecturer
Dates	15 Aug 1891-1989
History	Robert Fenton was a typographer and instructor who worked in the printing industry before joining the teaching staff of St Brides Foundation Printing School when it was re-named London School of Printing and Kindred Trades. Fenton worked for the school until 1956, and continued to work as a part-time instructor at the same college until 1961.
Activity	1905-1915 Apprentice and later Journeyman at Wyman and Sons 1907-1916 Fenton studied evening classes in Letterpress Printing at The Aldenham Institute, Goldington Crescent, Pancras Road, N.W. 1915-1918 Compositor, Layout-Man and Reader at Crowther and Co 1918-1920 Overseer of Compositor and Deputy to Chief of Letterpress Department of the National Institute of the Blind 1920-1922 Instructor at St Brides Foundation Printing School 1921 First Class Pass in the Costing Course at the St Bride Foundation Printing School by the Stationers' Company and Printing Industry Technical Board 1922-Jul 1956 Instructor and later Head of Composing Department at the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades and its successor the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts 1926 Won first place prize at the Royal Society of Arts Competition of Industrial Designs in Book Production, and second and third place prize for Title Pages at the competition 1940-1943 Lecturer of Correspondence Course in Printing for H.M. Armed Forces for the War Office 1950-1970s Steward, Royal Festival Hall Jul 1956-Jul 1961 Part time Instructor at London School of Printing and Graphic Arts after partial retirement