Scottish punchcutter active in the revival of oldstyle designs at
Miller & Richard in the 1850s. He went to America in 1861, working at the
Bruce typefoundry for two years, and then for the
Dickinson foundry. In 1872 this foundry was ravaged by fire; Phemister was made a partner by its founder
Samuel Nelson Dickinson and worked there until retirement in 1891.
