George Samuel Measom [SEP] date of birth
George Samuel Measom
Sir George Samuel Measom (3 December 1818 – 1 March 1901) was an English engraver and publisher who compiled guides to railway travel in Great Britain in the mid-19th century. In later life he became involved in charitable works, and was knighted in 1891.
Biography.
Measom was born in Blackheath, Kent, the son of Daniel Measom, a carver and gilder.
In 1842, he married Sarah Hillman. During the 1840s, he developed his skills as an engraver and in 1849 published
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- Colonel James Godfray, ADC.
- Francis Ringler Drummond Hay, Esq., late Consul-General in Tripoli.
- Alfred Hickman, Esq., Wolverhampton.
- Professor George Murray Humphry, Cambridge.
- George Samuel Measom, Esq., Chairman Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Henry John Waring, Esq., late Mayor of Plymouth.
- Josiah Rees, Esq., Chief Justice of Bermuda.
- Edward Loughlin O'Malley, Esq.