Frank Pick (23 November 1878 - 7 November 1941) was Managing Director of the Underground Group from 1928 and Chief Executive of the London Passenger Transport Board from its creation in 1933 until 1940. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries. ... History Formation The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UER) was the holding company, for three of the new deep-level tube underground railway lines constructed in London in the first decade of the 20th century. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chief Executive may refer to: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Chief Executive of Macau Chief Executive Officer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The transport of London has, since 1933, been under a single control with various names. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

Pick was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, the son of a draper. After attending St. Peter's School in York he studied Law at London University before starting work at the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1902. Spalding is a market town in Lincolnshire, England, perhaps best known for its annual Flower Parade. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... The term draper can refer to a number of individuals and places. ... Founded in the English City of York by St Paulinus of York in 627; and one of the oldest schools in the UK. An early headmaster Alcuin (Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus), went on to be Chancellor to the Emperor Charlemagne, and founded several of the earliest Universities and Schools in mainland... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London, founded in 1836, is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

At the NER he worked as assistant to its General Manager Sir George Gibb. In 1906 Gibb was appointed as Chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company (UER) and took Pick with him. By 1908 Pick had become Publicity Officer responsible for marketing the "Underground Group" (as the UER was commonly branded) and it was at this time that Pick began the development of the strong visual style for which the London Underground would later become famous. One of his responsibilities was for increasing passenger levels and saw that the best way to achieve this was to encourage the use of the company's trains outside of the peak hours. He began to commission posters promoting the recreational use of the Underground to reach the countryside around London or attractions within the city. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... History Formation The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UER) was the holding company, for three of the new deep-level tube underground railway lines constructed in London in the first decade of the 20th century. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tube redirects here. ...

In 1912 he became Commercial Manager working under General Manager Albert Henry Stanley. Pick introduced a standardised advertising policy across all stations with a common advertising style to strengthed the identity of the brand in the public's mind. To this end, in 1915 he commissioned calligrapher and typographer Edward Johnston to design a clear new typeface for use on all Underground Group buildings, rolling stock and publications. Johnston's typeface, (now known as Johnston Sans) was first used in 1916 and was so successful that, with minor modifications in recent years, it is still in use today. Johnston was again commissoned in 1918 to redesign the Underground roundel or bullseye device and the form used today is based on that developed by Johnston in 1919. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield (1874-1948) was the Member of Parliament for Ashton under Lyne from 1916 until 1920, when he was created Baron Ashfield. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ... Otl Aicher John Baskerville Morris Fuller Benton Giambattista Bodoni Max Caflisch Matthew Carter William Caslon Wim Crouwel Michael Everson Adrian Frutiger Claude Garamond Zygfryd Gardzielewski Eric Gill Johannes Gutenberg Tibor Kalman Donald Knuth Rudolf Koch Günter Gerhard Lange Aldus Manutius Stanley Morison Adam Półtawski Herbert Post Paul Renner Mark Shoulson... Categories: People stubs | Calligraphers | Graphic designers | 1872 births | 1944 deaths ... Johnston printing blocks Johnston (or Johnston Sans) is the sans-serif typeface used throughout the 20th century for lettering on London Transport: London Underground and London Buses. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Pick's interest in design had expanded from advertising to cover all aspects of the company's activities. In 1921, Pick became Assistant Joint Manager of the Underground Group. With plans for the extension of the Group's City & South London Railway from Clapham Common to Morden developing, he employed Charles Holden to design the station buildings in a modern style. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The City & South London Railway (C&SLR), originally known as City of London & Southwark Subway, is considered to be the first real deep-level tube railway in the world. ... Clapham Common tube station is a station on London Undergrounds Northern Line. ... Morden tube station is a London Underground station in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. ... Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect known for his designs of stations on the London Underground railway system. ...

Pick and Holden had similar backgrounds (Holden's father had also been a Draper) and ideas on design and, over the next twenty or so years, they worked closely together on projects across the Underground network including the construction of the new headquarters of the Underground Group at 55 Broadway, St. James's (1927 - 1929) and the Piccadilly and Central Line extensions in the 1930s and 1940s. London Undergrounds headquarters are built above St. ... St. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured Red on the tube map. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...

In 1928 Pick became Managing Director of the Underground Group and when, in 1933 the Group was nationalised to form part of the London Transport Passenger Board, he became Managing Director of the whole organisation with responsibilty for underground railway, bus and tram transport across London. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The transport of London has, since 1933, been under a single control with various names. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... A Philadelphia PCC trolley car in 1965 Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden on a section of grassed track. ... This article is about the British city. ...

Separate to his work at London Underground, Pick was President of the Design and Industries Association in 1928 and Chairman of the Council for Art and Industry in 1934. Like Holden, Pick rejected the offer of public honours, declining a Knighthood and a Peerage. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... For the Peerage in France, see French peerage. ...

In 1940, Pick left London Transport and worked briefly at the Ministry of Information before his death in 1941. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Founded in 1933 by an act of Parliament under Transport Minister Herbert Stanley Morrison, The London Passenger Transport Board generally known London Transport was A public authority appointed under act of Parliament, charged with responsibility for providing an adequate and properly co-ordinated system of passenger transport (Buses including Green... The Minister of Information is a British government position that was created briefly during the First World War and again during the Second World War. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

Publication

• Paths to peace: Two essays in aims and methods, 1941

For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

External links

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Frank Pick (left) with Lord Ashfield in 1923
  • Frank Pick in 1939

Sources

• Design Museum - Frank Pick
• London's Transport Museum - The Golden Age of Transport in London - Frank Pick