John G. Dreyfus (15 April 1918 – 29 December 2002) was a British book designer and historian of printing who worked for

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing hou ...

and the

Monotype Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix (printing), matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to ac ...

printing company. He was also president of the

ATypI The ATypI () or Association Typographique Internationale (the International Typography Association) is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to typography and type design. The primary activity of the association is an annual fall confe ...

trade association. ''Into Print'' is an anthology of his collected writings. Dreyfus was educated at

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been governed by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

(BA 1939, MA 1945). Dreyfus received the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Mainz in 1996.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dreyfus, John 1918 births 2002 deaths People educated at Oundle School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Historians of printing 20th-century English historians