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Karen, Tom

LC control no.nr2004030983
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingKaren, Tom
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Variant(s)Kohn, Thomas Joseph Derrick Paul, 1926-2022
Associated countryGreat Britain
LocatedCambridge (England)
Birth date1926-03-20
Death date2022-12-31
Place of birthVienna (Austria)
Field of activityIndustrial design Toy making
AffiliationOgle Design
Profession or occupationIndustrial designers Inventors Toymakers
Found inA little look at bottoms, 2004: t.p. (Tom Karen)
Guardian WWW site, viewed January 13, 2023 (Tom Karen (Thomas Joseph Derrick Paul Kohn), industrial designer, born 20 March 1926; died 31 December 2022; born Thomas Kohn in Vienna. In 1948, he changed his surname to Karen and became a British citizen. Karen joined Ogle in 1962; was managing director and chief designer of Ogle Design. He was made chairman in 1984. After retiring in 1999, Karen moved to Cambridge, where he continued to design, invent and make toys)
Associated languageeng