Theodore Low De Vinne

December 25, 1828 – February 16, 1914. A prominent typographer, printer, type historian, researcher, and printing advocate. His company was a leading printing house in New York City during the 1800s. He also co-founded the Grolier Club and the Typothetae labor union.

He commissioned the Century typeface from Linn Boyd Benton at ATF that later evolved into the larger Century series, including Century Expanded, Century Oldstyle, and Century Schoolbook. The De Vinne type series is named after him, though he apparently did not think highly of the design. [Tichenor]