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Offline RebeccaClarke

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Compositor
« 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

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Re: Compositor
« Reply #1 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

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Re: Compositor
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 10 August 14 21:44 BST (UK) »
Compositor - A person who sets the text or type for printing.
Eccles (Hoylake / Exeter / Plymouth)
Hicks (Devonport, Plymouth)
Grafton (Exeter, Devon)
Harris (Marazion, Cornwall)
Collard (Yeovil, Somerset)
Johns (Devonport, Plymouth)
Lyle (Bude, Cornwall)

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Re: Compositor
« Reply #3 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).

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