Douglas Bennett Cockerell was a British bookbinder and author.
11 Facts About Douglas Cockerell
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Douglas Bennett Cockerell was born on 5 August 1870 in Clifton Cottage, Sydenham in London, England to parents Alice Elizabeth and Sydney John Cockerell.
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Douglas Cockerell attended the St Paul's School, until age 15 when he moved to Canada.
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Douglas Cockerell returned to England in 1891 and worked as a secretary of the Chiswick School of Arts and Crafts in west London.
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Douglas Cockerell's brother Sydney Cockerell was a secretary to William Morris of the Kelmscott Press, which gave him an introduction to book arts.
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When he was not able to find teaching resources, Douglas Cockerell wrote his own instructional book, Bookbinding and the Care of Books.
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Douglas Cockerell taught at Central School of Art and Design from 1897 until 1905, and then again until 1935 from 1921.
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Students of Douglas Cockerell included his son Sydney Morris Douglas Cockerell, Polly Lada-Mocarski, Elizabeth Greenhill, and others.
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Douglas Cockerell continued to teach, experiment with binding and materials, document his knowledge in authored books, and take new bindery jobs for art books.
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On 5 August 1898, Douglas Cockerell married Florence Arundel, a craft jeweller who worked in the bindery at 6 Denmark Street.
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Douglas Cockerell died at his home, 298 Norton Way South, Letchworth, on 25 November 1945.