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Notable people past

Use this form to create your research project about a notable person no longer living. This person must be notable within the arts, crafts, trades and industry in woodworking.

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Name of notable person Image upload Country of origin Primary occupation
James Krenov James Krenov in shop
Attribution: James Krenov, Master of the Handmade - FineWoodworking. (2018, April 15). Retrieved from http://www.finewoodworking.com/2009/09/10/james-krenov-master-of-the-handmade
Image by Jonathan Binzen
Source: http://www.finewoodworking.com/2009/09/10/james-krenov-master-of-the-handmade Russian Federation Russian Federation Woodworker
Hans Jorgensen Wegner Hans Wegner, a Danish furniture designer and builder
Reference:Hans J Wegner. (2018, May 18). Retrieved from https://fritzhansen.com/en/designers/hans-j-wegner
Source:https://fritzhansen.com/~/media/images/1600x900/designers/hans_wegner_portrait.jpg?h=900&la=en&w=1600 Denmark Denmark Furniture Designer
Evert Sodergren Evert Södergren was a 20th century studio furniture designer and maker.

Reference: “Evert Sodergren.” The  Södergren  Studio  House, http://www.sodergrenstudiohouse.com/evert-sodergren.html. Accessed 25 June 2018.
Attribution: United States United States Studio Furniture Maker
Tage Frid Tage Frid, The Great Dane

Reference: Tage Frid > Artists > Burchfield Penney Art Center. https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/artists/artist:tage-frid/. Accessed 10 June 2018.
Denmark Denmark Woodworker
George Nakashima George Nakashima making some technical drawings inside his workshop in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Reference: “From the Archives: George Nakashima in Conversation with Legendary Interviewer, Studs Terkel.” Archinect, https://archinect.com/news/article/147205338/from-the-archives-george-nakashima-in-conversation-with-legendary-interviewer-studs-terkel. Accessed 10 June 2018.
United States United States Woodworker
Samuel Solomon Maloof Sam Maloof, woodworker, artist, author.

Attribution: (Sam Maloof Woodworker Inc.)
Source: Sam Maloof Woodworker Inc. http://sammaloofwoodworker.com/legacysam.html. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017. United States United States Woodworker
Henry O. Studley Brother Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was a piano maker employed by the Poole Piano Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. 
Reference: H. O. Studley Masonic Tool Chest. http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/tool_chest_made_by_studley.htm. Accessed 25 June 2018.
Credit: United States United States Piano Maker
Jennie Alexander Jennie Alexander with two of of her mastered chairs from a tree.
Reference: Uhl, Kara. “Meet The Author: Jennie Alexander.” Lost Art Press, 25 May 2017, https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/05/25/meet-the-author-jennie-alexander/.
United States United States Green Woodworker
André Jacob Roubo Extracted from “Portraits et histoire des hommes utiles”, published and propagated for and by the Société Montyon and Franklin

Attribution: By Smcj (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARoubo.png France France Cabinetmaker