John Penfold

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name = John Wornham Penfold

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caption = The original Penfold hexagonal post boxes were painted green, but this example, outside King's College, Cambridge, is painted in the more modern Post Office red.
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birth_date = Start date|1828
birth_place = Haslemere, Surrey, England
death_date = 1909
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known_for = The Penfold pillar box
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occupation = surveyor and architect
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John Wornham Penfold (1828 – 1909) was a surveyor and architect born in Haslemere, Surrey where he is also buried. The house in which he once lived, "Penfolds", is still to be found near the centre of the town.

Penfold is perhaps best known for his design of the British hexagonal post box in 1866, now known as a Penfold box.

Trivia

In the cartoon series Danger Mouse, DM's sidekick is named Penfold after JW Penfold, since the duo's secret hideout was in a post box in Baker Street.

References

* [http://john-penfold.memory-of.com/ In memory of John Penfold]