Thomas Skinner (etcher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetThomas Skinner (etcher)
English etcher
Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1819
Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Dec-1881
Profession: etcher
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Thomas Skinner (etcher)
- Thomas Skinner (16 June 1819 – 6 December 1881) was an etcher, inventor and amateur oil-painter in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- During the 1840s he invented a method by which the mass production of etched designs on steel blades could be facilitated by means of paper transfers.
- The British and American patents brought him a good income, but he devoted his life to developing the method.
- After he was widowed he was killed by arsenic poisoning at the hands of his housekeeper Kate Dover.
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