Gill, (Arthur) Eric Rowton (1882-1940), British sculptor, type designer, engraver, and author. Gill's stone carvings were first exhibited in London in 1911. Two years later he joined the Roman Catholic church and was commissioned to carve the stations of the cross in London's Westminster Cathedral, a task he completed in 1918. His relief Christ Driving the Money-Changers Out of the Temple was executed as a war memorial at the University of Leeds in 1922-23. His interest in lettering led him to design new typefaces for book printing; outstanding examples are the faces known as Perpetua (1925) and Gill Sans-serif (1927).