His father, the son of a bootmaker, taught science at the local grammar school.

ECONOMIST: William Golding

Todd wanted to play up the bootmaker's historic appeal with the upper-crust set to attract style-sensitive social climbers.

FORBES: A Brand Re-Booted

In gold-rimmed spectacles, he appeared the archetypal bootmaker. (He had lost a more fashionable plastic pair in Brazil.) His head, bald and browned, bore a faint pink welt.

NEWYORKER: Sole Mate