Rev. Cecil Mortimer Lamb (1890-1973)
Elected to Craft Membership in 1921.
Served as Treasurer: 1932-1963Joined the SSI in its very early days and it is thought he attended evening classes held by Graily Hewitt, for he was a member of the Manuscript Club. His calligraphy was represented in exhibitions held by the SSI in 1922, 1927 and 1936. In 1929 he began to take private lessons with Edward Johnston in Ditchling, and this friendship led to Johnston making several handsome manuscripts for him, to illustrate techniques of his craft. Mr Lamb was a graduate of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and essentially a reticent and scholarly man. He became SSI Treasurer in 1932 and faithfully served in that capacity for over 30 years.His careful editing of The Calligrapher's Handbook gave the craft a valuable manual, and the Society a welcome source of income. He enjoyed the Society's summer meetings and was one of a party of 15 which gathered on the downs at Ditchling in June 1936, and were later entertained by E.J. in his home. In spite of increasing deafness and frail health, he attended the Dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the SSI in 1971; in the following year he came to the E.J. Centenary Exhibition at the R.C.A., and the lectures on calligraphy at the V.&A. Museum. (From an obituary by J Heather Child, believed to have been published in 1973.)
Studied under: Graily Hewitt, Edward Johnston.
Miss H Lamb
Elected to Craft Membership in 1921.
Vera Law (1900-1985)
Elected to Craft Membership in 1921.
Served as Hon. Secretary: 1937-1942Founder member of SSI. Fine gilding. Metropolitan Police Rolls of Honour, Westminster Abbey.
Studied under: Graily Hewitt, Lawrence Christie.
Susie Leiper (1955-)
Elected to Fellowship in 2006.
Introduced to Western calligraphy in Hong Kong, then pursued evening classes at Edinburgh College of Art, completing her formal training under Donald Jackson as a scribe on The Saint John’s Bible. Aspires to combine the arts of calligraphy, painting and poetry as effortlessly as the Chinese. Her paintings reveal and conceal calligraphic text in a contemporary fashion, and her handmade books display a distinct Chinese influence. Lives in Edinburgh, exhibits widely and works to commission. www.susieleiper.com
Studied under: Donald Jackson, Peter Thornton, David Lang, Michael Ashley, Derick Pao.
Lt Col M A Lloyd
Elected to Craft Membership in 1962.
Miss Luker
Elected to Craft Membership in 1926.
Vivien Lunniss
Elected to Fellowship in 2012.
I was initially self-taught and attended Adult Education classes, but it was only when we moved to the North West and I joined the North West Calligraphers' Association that I was able to study with various tutors at workshops and summer schools. I have taught in Adult Education since 1987 and am the author of 'Celtic Calligrapy' which was published in 1999 by Search Press. I was fortunate enough to attend the ATS scheme from 1996 to 1999. I have had work exhibited in 'Words as Images' (2000) and 'Celebrate Calligraphy' (2012). I also enjoy bookbinding and studied book restoration with Alastair Scrivener at Scriverners Books in Buxton, Derbyshire for two years.
Bessie Lynes
Elected to Craft Membership in 1938.
Madge Lynes
Elected to Craft Membership in 1938.
