| • | Taylor, Taylor and Hobson (TTH) was an optical company based in Leicester.
T. S. Taylor, an optician, his brother W. Taylor, an engineer, and a Mr Hobson, a businessman, formed the company in 1888. An employee, R. Taylor (no relation), devised a triplet lens in the 1890s that was made under licence by Voigtländer and other companies. From its start, TTH was intertwined with T. Cooke and Son of York; many TTH lenses are named Cooke.
Bell & Howell took control of the company in 1930, but it was sold to the Rank in 1946.
After the war, TTH made camera lenses for the British Kershaw, for the Bell & Howell Foton, and for the Reid and Sigrist Leica copy. They were better known for their cine lenses, for Bell & Howell and other cameras.
From 1998, TTH has continued business as Cooke Optics.
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