Thomas Bensley (1759–1835) was an English printer known for fine work, and as a collaborator of Friedrich Koenig.
[1][3] In a preface Bensley complains of a fire which had destroyed his premises, with much of his stock; he was burned out on two separate occasions, in 1807 and 1819.
[4][5] Works from the press included Thomas Macklin's folio Bible in seven volumes (1800), an edition of David Hume's History of England, and an octavo Shakespeare.
Bensley took up the innovation, and formed a consortium with Richard Taylor and George Woodfall to monopolise it.
Over the next few years, development work produced a steam-driven press adapted to printing newspapers, rather than books as initially, and it was used for The Times of London.