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The Reverend Francis Orpen Morris, Fawcett's long-standing collaborator, parson naturalist, anti-Darwinian, cantankerous letter-writer with a remarkable ancestry.

Alexander Francis Lydon, Fawcett's apprentice and colleague, a gifted artist and engraver.

George Fawcett, Benjamin Fawcett's father.

Frank Fawcett, Benjamin Fawcett's son who took over the printing works on his death, with a complicated business and family life he died alone and penniless in the workhouse.

Ruari McLean, typographer, historian, author of Benjamin Fawcett, Engraver and Colour Printer.


Frederick Ross (in Abbeys and Churches), draper's assistant, carpet salesman, debt collector, campaigner, writer, historian.

William Houghton (in Fishes and Walks), parson naturalist, botanist, friend of Darwin.

James Shirley Hibberd (in Flora), the Father of amateur gardening.

The Honourable Mrs Mary Ward (in 'Scopes), Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, artist, the first ever person to die in a car accident.

Louisa Lane Clarke (in 'Scopes), botanist, microscopist, travel writer.


An Engraver's Story, an amazing discovery and a fascinating family history.