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GED, WILLIAM (1690-1749)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 547 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GED, See also:WILLIAM (1690-1749) , the inventor of stereotyping, was See also:born at See also:Edinburgh in 1690. In 1725 he patented his invention, See also:developed from the See also:simple See also:process of soldering together loose types of See also:Van der Mey. Ged, although he succeeded in obtaining a See also:cast in similar See also:metal, of a type See also:page, could not persuade Edinburgh printers to take up his invention, and finally entered into See also:partnership with a See also:London stationer named See also:Jenner and See also:Thomas See also:James, a typefounder. The partnership, however, turned out very See also:ill; and Ged, broken-hearted at his want of success due to See also:trade See also:jealousy and the compositors' dislike of the innovation, died in poverty on the 19th of See also:October 1749. Two See also:prayer-books for the university of See also:Cambridge and an edition of See also:Sallust were printed from his stereotype plates. In his See also:time the best type was imported from See also:Holland, and Ged's daughter reports that he had repeated offers from the Dutch which, from patriotic motives, he refused. His sons tried to carry out his patent, and it was eventually perfected by See also:Andrew See also:Wilson.

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