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Title: Compositor
Post by: RebeccaClarke on Sunday 10 August 14 21:39 BST (UK)

I have been looking for information regarding what somebody described as a Compositor on a census as a Compositor would have done for a living

from what I can tell it is to do with the printing process

thanks

Rebecca

Title: Re: Compositor
Post by: gortonboy on Sunday 10 August 14 21:43 BST (UK)

A compositor set type for printing.  you may find this site useful in the future.

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/c2.html

Title: Re: Compositor
Post by: Priscilla on Sunday 10 August 14 21:44 BST (UK)

Compositor - A person who sets the text or type for printing.

Title: Re: Compositor
Post by: stanmapstone on Sunday 10 August 14 22:09 BST (UK)

In "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms" there are a compositor (hand), compositor (linotype), compositor (music), compositor (jobbing), and compositor (rubber stamps).

Stan