Biographies of people with Oxford University Press connections
Printers to the University
All three lived in either North or South House on the Oxford University Press site
- Thomas COMBE (1796–1872), Printer to the University and patron of the arts. About 300 men and boys engaged at the University Press led his funeral procession
- Edward Pickard HALL (1808–1886), Printer to the Clarendon Press
- James WRIGHT (1788–1875), Printer to the University
Workers at the Press (some of the printers living in Jericho are assumed to be OUP workers)
- Joseph (“Joe”) ARNETT (1811–1876), a printer
- Thomas Page BELL (1791–1865), a printer
- Alec William BENNETT (1879–1903), clerk to a printing works, probably OUP
- John BISHOP (1851–1913), a printer
- John BLEAY (1824–1855), a printer
- Thomas CARTER (c.1798–1863), compositor, probably OUP
- Joseph CASTLE (1812–1890), an engineer at the Press, whose son William became the Chief Engineer
- Charles CHAUNDY (1852–1915), a compositor
- Alfred Thomas CLEAVER (1835–1906), a compositor at the Press
- John COX (1800–1873), a printer at the Press
- Samuel DAVIS (1799–1863), a printer
- William Shepherd EMBURY (1825–1868), a printer at Banbury who probably worked at the Press later
- William Henry GODFREY(1851–1890), printer
- Henry GREEN (1808–1861), printer
- George HAWKINS (1844–1908), a compositor at OUP, and Father of the Chapel
- Francis HISTED (1856–1897), a compositor
- John HUGHES (1806–1867), a printer
- Philip HURCOMB (1810–1873), a printer
- Thomas Charles JAMES (1833–1861), a printer
- Henry Andrew JOLLIFFE (1850–1877), a compositor
- Robert Frederick JOLLIFFE (1855–1881), a compositor
- Thomas LUCAS (c.1815–1897), a compositor
- Frederick OSBORN (1809–1897), a printer
- Isaac Thomas STEFF (1849–1899), a printer
- William Albert SWEATMAN (1845–1930), a printer
- Thomas Alexander SYMMONS (1856–1928) and his son
Alexander Lewis Symmons who was killed in the First World War, both compositors - Eric Adrian Allington UBINGER (1906–1929), a compositor
- David WALKER (1860–1915), a printer's warehouseman
- Edward Tyrrell WALKER (1867–1909), a compositor
Delegates of the Press
- Bulkeley BANDINEL (1781–1861), Delegate of the University Press and Bodley’s Librarian
- Henry Tresawna GERRANS (1858–1921), Delegate of the University Press and Fellow of Worcester College
- Henry John Stephen SMITH (1826–1883), Delegate of the University Press and Fellow of Balliol College
Other
- Frederick John SWEATMAN (1873–1936), assistant for 43 years on the Oxford English Dictionary
- Addington Robert Peel VENABLES (1827–1876), Curate of St Paul’s who cared for the boys of the Press
There are also many relations of people buried in St Sepulchre’s Cemetery who have connections to the Press, for example the husband of Mrs Howkins, who was the inkmaker at the ink factory at 35 Juxon Street; the daughter of Richard Breathwitt, who was a bookfolder at the Press; and the father of Thomas Wheeler, who was a machinist at the Press.
The above inscription on the grave of John Cox indicates the pride that ordinary workers felt in the Press.
Compare the graves of Thomas Combe, Edward Pickard Hall, and James Wright, which do not mention it.
