Organisation: Bancks & Son, lantern and slide dealer

Organisation history Slide manufacture

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Robert Bancks and Son

Short name

Bancks & Son

Known activities

Known date(s)

Activity

1830s

optical instrument manufacturer

unknown

slide wholesaler

Date of foundation

1831

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, England

Relevance

slide manufacturer and dealer

Related organisations

took over business of Robert Bancks, 1831

Known location

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1831-1834

business address

119 New Bond Street, London, England

Reference

Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851 (London: Zwemmer, 1995), p. 16

Lucerna ID 1001678

Record created by Daniel Pitarch Fernández and Richard Crangle. Last updated 24 November 2017

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Organisation: Bancks & Son, lantern and slide dealer