Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 1
[obituaries]
Mr George Clowes, the eminent printer, of the firm of William Clowes & Sons, died on the 3rd November, 1886. He was the last surviving son of William Clowes, the founder of the vast establishment, who died in January, 1847. Mr G. Clowes married in 1837 the eldest daughter of Charles Knight, whose labors in the diffusion of useful knowledge are so well known.
Mr Fredrick Pitman, the well-known phonographic and music publisher, and brother of Mr Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonography, died on the 21st November, 1886. Mr Pitman was one of the fastest short-hand writers of his time. He had been in failing health for some years.