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Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836

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Personal name headingLaurie, Robert, 1755-1836
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Variant(s)Laurie, R. (Robert), 1755-1836
See alsoFounded corporate body: Laurie & Whittle
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LocatedLondon, England
Birth date1755
Death date18360519
Field of activityEngraving Publishers and publishing
AffiliationLaurie & Whittle
Profession or occupationEngravers Publishers and publishing
Found inAn essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body, 1799: plate (R. Laurie; engraver)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, via WWW, June 26, 2009 (Robert Laurie; mezzotint engraver and printseller, at London; probably b. 1755; d. 19 May 1836, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire)
British Museum website, 31 July 2013: collection database, biogs., under Robert Sayer (when Sayer's health failed in 1792 his assistants Robert Laurie and James Whittle took over the management of his company; from Sayer's death in 1794 until Laurie's retirement in 1812, the company traded as "Laurie & Whittle"; from 1812 until his death in 1818, Whittle traded with Laurie's son, Richard Holmes Laurie, as "Whittle and Laurie")