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 1915-1918 Compositor, Layout-Man and Reader 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 1922-Jul 1956 Instructor and later Head of Composing Department at the London School of Printing Jul 1956-Jul 1961 Part time Instructor at London School of Printing 1950-1970s Steward, Royal Festival Hall