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Person: TYLAR, William  (c.1859-1929)

Person summary  
Biographical summary of this person
Full name
William TYLAR
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
proprietor of lantern and slide supply business; contributor to OMLJ, 1892
Main period of activity
1890s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
c.1859
born at
New Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England
1861
resident
22 Wilderness Row, Finsbury, London, England
7 April 1861
~2
census record
1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/189.9.12
1871
resident
165 Well Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
2 April 1871
~12
census record
1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/3126.53.50
1880s-1910s
~20
owner
William Tylar
1901
resident
Dreadnought Works, 41 High Street, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
31 March 1901
~42
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/2884.88.32
– occupation “Photographic Apparatus Manufacturer and Dealer”
1905
~45
director
William Tylar (Aston) Ltd
1906-1911
resident
22 Westminster Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
2 April 1911
~52
census record
1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/17246.143
– occupation “Factor of Photographic Goods”
1919
resident
Ferndown, Dorset, England
1929
resident
32 Grosvenor Gardens, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
22 December 1929
~71
died at
Christchurch, Hampshire, England
12 March 1930
archive entry
National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1930 p.167
Texts linked to this person
Correspondence (published) (2)

Carlo Donati, W.I. Chadwick and William Tylar, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 3.42 (November 1892)  –  'Careless packing of goods'

William Tylar, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 13.154 (January 1903)  –  'The necessity of following instructions'

References
David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 311-312
‘Magic lantern miscellany’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), p. 12
Lucerna ID  6002184

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 28 February 2021

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