Herbert John Hodgson (2 June 1893, Camberwell – 10 August 1974, London) is regarded as one of the most skilled printers of the twentieth century.
After serving in the First World War, with Roy Manning Pike he printed the rare 1926 subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence.
Among this group were Lance-Corporal Leonard James Keyworth, who won the Victoria Cross for his role in that engagement, and Captain Donald Figg, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his bravery that night.
Trained as a skilled printer, in 1923 Hodgson was contracted by Roy Manning Pike to help print the valuable subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence.
The book had illustrations by Eric Kennington, Augustus John, Paul Nash, Blair Hughes-Stanton and his wife Gertrude Hermes.
[2] After completing work on the Seven Pillars in 1926 Hodgson moved in 1927 to the Gregynog Press near Newtown, Powys, which specialised in the production of fine books.