Background
Haberly, Loyd was born on December 9, 1896 in Ellsworth, Iowa, United States. Son of Lewis Benote and Nora (Galligan) Haberly.
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Haberly, Loyd was born on December 9, 1896 in Ellsworth, Iowa, United States. Son of Lewis Benote and Nora (Galligan) Haberly.
Student Reed College, 1915-1918. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1921. Master of Arts (Rhodes Scholar), University of Oxford, 1924.
Doctor of Laws, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1954.
After studying at Reed College and Harvard, Haberly was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study Law at Trinity College, Oxford. However, he became interested in fine printing while in England and began to print and bind books under his own imprint, the Seven Acres Press. He was named controller of the Gregynog Press, a well-known private press in Wales, in 1933, but his tenure with the press was brief and, by most accounts, less than satisfactory to all concerned.
While with the press he commissioned a typeface, variously known as Paradiso, Gregynog, Gwendoline or Foligno.
When he left he was presented with a supply of the type, which he later used, after returning to the United States, in the production of a number of hand-printed limited editions for which he served as author, illustrator, printer, and binder. In addition to his poetic work and "bookbuilding" activities, Haberly wrote a biography of George Catlin entitled Pursuit of the Horizon, and translated portions of Pliny"s Natural History, and also wrote an account of his life as a printer in the United Kingdom.
He taught at several universities, most notably Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, where he became Dean. He died on March 27, 1981.
Served with 13th Infantry, United States Army, World War I. Member Missouri National Guard, World World War World World War World War II Member Poetry Society of America (president 1963-1968).
Married Virginia Dean, 1942.