JT Sawyer Author

J.T. Sawyer (1908-2001) left school aged fourteen and was apprenticed as a plasterer to his father, W. H. Sawyer C.R.P. (1873-1959), who had been apprenticed to his father, R. W. Sawyer (1830-1892).In 1945 he took a post at The East Ham School of Building, where he stayed for 28 years. At the school, boys from the age of 13 received a general education in addition to practical skills. The first edition of Plastering was intended to provide the basic technology for students. The author drew all the diagrams that accompanied the text.