Robert Bateman Wray
Wray was an English printer known for casting a movable type font for printing Bengali script in 1778. His casting of the Bengali type contributed to the modernization of Bengali language and translation of European books into Bengali. It proved revolutionary for the British rule in India.
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Robert Bateman Wray
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- Born
- 1715 · Broad Chalke.
- Died
- 1779 · Salisbury.
- Occupation
- engraver
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Wray was an English printer known for casting a movable type font for printing Bengali script in 1778. His casting of the Bengali type contributed to the modernization of Bengali language and translation of European books into Bengali. It proved revolutionary for the British rule in India.
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1715
Robert Bateman Wray was born on 1 January 1715.
1779
Robert Bateman Wray died on 2 March 1779.
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