Benjamin Henry Day Jr.
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. was an illustrator and printer, best known for his invention of Ben-Day dots.
Day was the son of Benjamin Day, an American newspaper publisher best known for founding the New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper in the United States, in 1833. He was born in New York City, studied in Paris, and after returning to the United States worked for Leslie's, Harper's Weekly and similar publications. He also contributed to the humorous weekly magazine Vanity Fair.
The Mark Twain book A Tramp Abroad contains more than 20 pictures by Day.
He married Maria Theresa Miller around 1859, who died in 1875. They had two sons, Benjamin H. and Charles Shepherd.
In 1878, Day was remarried to Rebecca Augusta Avery, with whom he had two daughters.
In 1908, he moved to Summit, New Jersey and built a large studio. He died at his home in Summit on August 30, 1916, at the age of 78.
