Cole, Henry, 1808-1882
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
קול, הנרי, 1808-1882
Name (Latin)
Cole, Henry, 1808-1882
Other forms of name
Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882
Cole, H. (Henry), Sir, 1808-1882
Date of birth
1808-07-15
Date of death
1882-04-18
Field of activity
Children's literature
Civil service
Industrial design
Journalism
Museums--Administration
Occupation
Journalists
Civil service
Arts administrators
Authors
Industrial designers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Durer, A. The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1870:t.p. (Henry Cole, C.B., secretary of the Science and Art Dept. of the Committee of Council on Education, and director of the South Kensington Museum)
- LC data base, 11/15/83(hdg.: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882)
- BLC(Cole (Sir Henry) K.C.B.)
- LC data base, 2/12/86(hdg.: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882; usages: Felix Summerly; F. Summerly [i.e. Sir H. Cole]; Felix Summerly, esq. [pseud.])
- nuc85-77727: The Traditional faery tales of ... 1981(hdg. on IaU rept.: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882; usage: Felix Summerly)
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Portrait of Sir Henry Cole
Unknown author, Public domain
File:Crystal Palace from the northeast from Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851. 1854.jpg
Dickinson Brothers, Public domain
File:Firstchristmascard.jpg
, Public domain
File:Henry Cole Vanity Fair 19 August 1871.jpg
Carlo Pellegrini
, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Sir Henry Cole FRSA (15 July 1808 – 15 April 1882) was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce, education and the arts in the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Cole is credited with devising the concept of sending greetings cards at Christmas time, introducing the world's first commercial Christmas card in 1843.
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