Harry Persons Taber (1865 - 1951)

Harry Hamilton Persons Taber (25 December 1865 - 14 November 1951) was an American printer, author, and chemist. He is best known for his work as editor of the Roycroft journal The Philistine. By the World War I era, Taber had moved to Wilmington, Delaware and started Taber Laboratories, a chemical company. Clients included the federal Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards, and focused on cellulose products, synthetic gums, lacquers, and plastics. Although Taber had turned his pursuits to science, he did not completely abandon writing, and continued to write articles for journals and newspapers. Additionally, he authored and co-authored 5 works of fiction and poetry from 1904 to 1943.