Berthold Wolpe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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typographer, type designer, calligrapher and book designer
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Place of Birth: Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany
About Berthold Wolpe
- Berthold Ludwig Wolpe (29 October 1905 – 5 July 1989) was a German calligrapher, typographer, type designer, book designer and illustrator.
- He was born into a Jewish family at Offenbach near Frankfurt, emigrated to England soon after the Nazis came to power in 1935 and became a naturalized British citizen in 1947.
- He was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1959, awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Art in 1968 and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983.
- He died in London in 1989.
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