Thomas Masterman Winterbottom
Wynkyn de Worde
Ervin Nutter
Oz Shy
Ivor Hickey (no, really.)
Brilliant surnames: Clutterbuck, Peebles, Jelley, Snodgrass, Bybee.
Dwarves that didn't make the final seven?
Bossy, Smellie, Modest, Moody, Lusty.
And finally, sometimes you come across a name that really suits the title of the book, and this must be one of the most perfect:
The Search for Useful Knowledge in Early Modern London by Malcolm Thick.
Wynken de Worde always sounds to me like a character from a Terry Pratchett book, not an actual real historical printer. Nominative determinism goes back a long way...!
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