William Maving Gardner (25 May 1914 – 28 December 2000)[1][2] was an English coin designer, engraver, calligrapher and writer who worked regularly for the Royal Mint over a 30-year period.
[2] After having studied calligraphy and letter design at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute in his teens, Gardner enrolled at The Royal College of Art, simultaneously studying (in his second and third years), at the Central School of Arts and Crafts under George Friend, J. H. Mason, Barry Hart and Martin Travers.
In November 1944 together with a colleague, he set up and ran a new camouflage training school at Scottish Command, Edinburgh.
During this period Rolls of Honour commissioned by King George VI for the Household Cavalry were inscribed.
He was an examiner for The City and Guilds of London Institute in craft subjects and the definitive Jersey stamp was designed in 1958 and the Tercentenary stained glass window for the Royal Society in 1960.