بالرغم من قلة ما يُعرف عن حياته، لكنه كتب سيرة ذاتية قصيرة قبل وفاته عام 1905، وتحدث فيها عن عمله في المطبعة خلال العصر الفكتوري في لندن.
Although little is known about his life, he wrote a short autobiography before his death in 1905 in which he described his life as a printer in Victorian London.