{"bio": "Henry Cole (15 July 1808 \u2013 18 April 1882) was a British civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Cole is credited with devising the concept of sending greetings cards at Christmas time, introducing the world's first commercial Christmas card in 1843.\r\n\r\n**Source**: [Henry Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cole) on Wikipedia", "source_records": ["amazon:0353380512", "amazon:0343323125", "bwb:9780343323134", "marc:marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-032.mrc:66324960:1579"], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "name": "Henry Cole", "alternate_names": ["Sir Henry Cole", "Henry Cole (Sir )", "Cole, Henry Sir"], "key": "/authors/OL2520511A", "death_date": "18 Apr 1882", "photos": [12638407], "title": "Sir", "birth_date": "15 Jul 1808", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "77099905", "isni": "0000000109181467", "wikidata": "Q537906"}, "personal_name": "Cole, Henry", "latest_revision": 9, "revision": 9, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-08-29T23:03:52.914060"}}