John Hewson
Textile artist from England
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| Intro | Textile artist from England | |
| Places | Great Britain United Kingdom | |
| was | Artist | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 1744, London, England, UK | |
| Death | 1821Kensington, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, USA (aged 77 years) |
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John Hewson (1744 – 1821) was a textile artist. He trained in a cotton-printing factory in London, but moved to the United States on the advice of his friend Benjamin Franklin, and set up a calico printing factory in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His chintzes were used in American quilts, often as the centerpiece. In November 2014, a DNA test revealed Hewson to be the paternal fifth great-grandfather of American actress and comedian Tina Fey.
He is interred at Palmer Cemetery in Philadelphia.