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Vivian Ridler, CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (2 October 1913 – 11 January 2009) was born in Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 and worked as Printer to the University at Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a publisher and a department of the University of Oxford in England. It is the largest university press in the world, being larger than all the American university presses combined with Cambridge University Press....
 from 1958 to 1978. Educated at Bristol Grammar School
Bristol Grammar School

Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational Independent school in Redland, Bristol, Bristol, England.It was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert Thorne and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, Bristol, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII of England's closure of the monasteries, where p...
, he became interested in typography, and with the help of a friend bought a small Adana
Adana

Adana , is the capital of Adana Province in Turkey. The city administrates two districts, Seyhan and Y?regir, with a total population of 2,530,257 and an area of 1,945 km?....
 printing press for home use.






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Vivian Ridler
Vivian Ridler, CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (2 October 1913 – 11 January 2009) was born in Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 and worked as Printer to the University at Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a publisher and a department of the University of Oxford in England. It is the largest university press in the world, being larger than all the American university presses combined with Cambridge University Press....
 from 1958 to 1978. Educated at Bristol Grammar School
Bristol Grammar School

Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational Independent school in Redland, Bristol, Bristol, England.It was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert Thorne and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, Bristol, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII of England's closure of the monasteries, where p...
, he became interested in typography, and with the help of a friend bought a small Adana
Adana

Adana , is the capital of Adana Province in Turkey. The city administrates two districts, Seyhan and Y?regir, with a total population of 2,530,257 and an area of 1,945 km?....
 printing press for home use. Ridler got to know John Johnson
John Johnson

John Johnson may refer to:Artists and entertainers*John Johnson , English lutenist and composer*John Johnson , trombonist and percussionist with Simply Red...
, the Printer to the University, and in 1936 came to Oxford
Oxford

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 to help the Assistant Printer, Charles Batey. In the late 1930s Ridler moved away from Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, establishing the Bunhill Press in London
London

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. He served in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

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 during the Second World War.

After the war, Ridler became the first tutor in typography at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is a university in London, England, United Kingdom. It is the world?s only wholly postgraduate art and design institution, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy....
 and typographer to Lund Humphries & Co. in Bradford
Bradford

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, before returning to Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a publisher and a department of the University of Oxford in England. It is the largest university press in the world, being larger than all the American university presses combined with Cambridge University Press....
 as Works Manager in 1948. He was appointed Assistant Printer in 1950.

Ridler was widely known in printing beyond Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
. He was a founder of the Institute of Printing, an examiner in typographic design for the City and Guilds of London Institute
City and Guilds of London Institute

The City and Guilds of London Institute is a United Kingdom examining and accreditation body for vocational, managerial and engineering training, offering over 500 qualifications in 28 industry areas, spanning from entry level to the equivalent of a Postgraduate education....
 and was elected president of the British Federation of Master Printers in 1968. He was made a CBE
CBE

CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for Commander of the British Empire, a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Calgary Board of Education, public school board for the city of Calgary, Alberta...
 in 1970.

In 1938 he married the writer Anne Bradby, who worked as secretary to T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot

'Thomas Stearns Eliot', Order of Merit , was a poet, dramatist, and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Among his most famous writings are the poems The Love Song of J....
 at Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber

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. The Ridlers had four children before Anne's death in 2001.