Person: ASKEW, W.D. (1862-1918)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

William Dummett ASKEW

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

tailor; occasional lantern operator; contributor to OMLJ, 1893

Main period of activity

1890s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1862

born at

Tiverton, Devon, England

1891

resident

20 Barnstaple Street, South Molton, Devon, England

1891-1892

~28

member

National Society of Lanternists

5 April 1891

~29

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/1771.44.3
– occupation “Tailor and Cutter”

1894

resident

26 Solon New Road, Clapham, London SW, England

1901-1911

resident

58 Argyle Road, Ealing, London W, England

31 March 1901

~39

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/1191.13.17
– occupation “Tailor's Cutter & Manager”

2 April 1911

~49

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/6876.367
– occupation “Master Tailor”

1918

~55

died at

London, England

Texts linked to this person

Article (1)

W.D. Askew, ‘Cycling with a lantern’ in OMLJ 4.54 (November 1893)

Correspondence (published) (2)

‘Henry’, E. Clinch, Frederic E. Ives, ‘One Who Has Tried It’, W.D. Askew, Fuerst Brothers and ‘Profundo Petro’, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 5.57 (February 1894) – 'The Askew lantern box'

W.D. Askew, ‘J.B.M.’, ‘Ion’ and Newton & Co., ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 5.60 (May 1894) – 'Re. Askew lantern box'

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 20

Help: a journal of social service (1891-1892) Vol. 1 No. 10 (1 November 1891), p. 201
– member of National Society of Lanternists

Lucerna ID 6002734

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 27 May 2017

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Person: ASKEW, W.D. (1862-1918)