Elizabeth Caslon

Elizabeth Caslon, wacce aka haifa a Elizabeth Cartlich (31 ga Yuli 1730 - 3 ga Maris 1795), 'yar asalin Burtaniya ce ta kafa nau'in rubutu. Ta jagoranci kamfanin samar da kayan tarihi na Caslon na iyalin tare da mijinta kuma lokacin da ya mutu ta ci gaba da aiki a matsayin Elizabeth Caslon da 'ya'yanta maza. Bayan rasuwarta, an yi gwanjon kasuwancin kuma abokin kasuwancinta da tsohuwar surukarta suka saya shi.

 Rayuwa 
An haifi Caslon a Landan a matsayin Elizabeth Cartlich a shekarar 1730. Mahaifiyarta kuma ana kiranta Elizabeth, mahaifinta kuma William Cartlich. Ta auri William Caslon (II) a ranar 25 ga Yuli, 1751, shi ne ɗan wani William Caslon (I). Dukansu Williams suna gudanar da wani kamfani na kafa kamfani. Ita da mijinta sun haifi ɗa a shekarar 1754 mai suna William Caslon (III) sannan a shekara mai zuwa wani ɗa mai suna Henry Caslon. 

Surukinta, William Caslon (I), ya mutu a shekara ta 1766. Elizabeth tana da hannu wajen gudanar da kasuwancin tare da mijinta.  Sun samar da nau'in Caslon ga yankunan mulkin mallaka na Amurka. Lokacin da aka fara buga sanarwar 'yancin kai ta Amurka a shekara ta 1776, an yi shi da nau'in Caslon. 

Lokacin da mijinta ya mutu a ranar 17 ga Agusta 1788 ba tare da wasiyya ba, an raba kadarorinsa tsakaninta da 'ya'yansu maza biyu William Caslon III da Henry Caslon. Ta karɓi kasuwancin ta ci gaba da aiki a matsayin Elizabeth Caslon da 'ya'yanta maza . 

An san Caslon da rubutattun kalmominsa.  Ɗanta Henry (I) ya auri wata Elizabeth kuma suka haifi ɗa mai suna Henry (II) a 1786. Henry (I) ya mutu a 1788 kuma rabonsa ya tafi ga bazawararsa. Elizabeth Caslon tana kasuwanci da Elizabeth Caslon (surukarta) da ɗanta William Caslon har zuwa 1792 lokacin da ita da William suka sami rashin jituwa.  William ya sayar ya sayi wani masana'anta. 

 Mutuwa da gado 
Caslon ta mutu a Landan a shekarar 1795.  Wasiyyarta ta haifar da rudani kuma ta tafi kotunan chancery . Kotuna sun yanke hukuncin cewa a yi gwanjon kasuwancin kuma surukarta Elizabeth Caslon ta saya. Ta sake yin aure kuma sabon sunanta mai ƙarfi ne amma ta ci gaba da amfani da sunan Caslon yayin da take cikin kasuwanci. 

Charles Catton ne ya ɗauki siffar Caslon, kuma William Satchwell Leney ne ya zana hoton. Kwafin wannan yana cikin Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa da ke Landan . 

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