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Person: WALKER, William  (c.1859-c.1937)

Biographical summary of this person
Name
William WALKER
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
bookseller; proprietor of lantern and cinematograph dealers
Main period of activity
1880s-1900s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
1884
~24
owner
1891
~32
census record
1891 Census of Scotland, Aberdeen Old Machar/14.26.10
1898
~39
partner
1901
~41
census record
1901 Census of Scotland, Aberdeen Holburn/18.5.3
c.1937
~77
died at
unknown location
References
Stephen Herbert and Luke McKernan (editors), Who's who of Victorian cinema: a worldwide survey (London: British Film Institute, 1996), pp. 147-148
David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 319
Lucerna ID  6003196

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 February 2012

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