Person: ACRES, Birt (1854-1918)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Birt ACRES

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

inventor and cinematographer; contributor to OMLJ, 1895

Main period of activity

1890s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

23 July 1854

born at

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

1891

resident

131 Richmond Road, Hackney, London E, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/195.45.14
– occupation “Photographer Manager”

1892-1895

~37

employee

Elliott and Son

1895

resident

Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England

1897

~42

employee

Northern Photographic Works

1898

resident

Wrotham Cottage, Hadley Highstone, Hadley, Hertfordshire, England

1901

resident

Hadley Highstone, Hadley, Hertfordshire, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/1231.26.43
– occupation “Mfr. of Photo-Films & Plates”

1902

resident

1 Warwick Villas, Hadley Highstone, Hadley, Hertfordshire, England

1911

resident

65 Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/10156.17
– occupation “Manager Celluloid Works”

27 December 1918

died at

Whitechapel, London, England

Texts linked to this person

Correspondence (published) (1)

Birt Acres and Andrew Pringle, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 6.74 (July 1895) – 'Trade terms'

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 8-9

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 7.88 (September 1896)
– showing cinematograph to Prince of Wales

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 8.103 (December 1897)
– managing Northern Photographic Works Co.

‘Prominent men in the lantern world: no. VII -- Mr Birt Acres’ in OMLJ 8.96 (May 1897)

‘The Dreamer’, ‘Topical notes’ in OMLJ 7.83 (April 1896)

David Henry, ‘York & Son: part 1’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), p. 17

Lucerna ID 6003101

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 April 2016

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Person: ACRES, Birt (1854-1918)