Person: DANCER, John Benjamin (1812-1887)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

John Benjamin DANCER

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

proprietor of scientific instrument business

Main period of activity

1830s-80s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

8 October 1812

born at

Clerkenwell, London, England

1835-1841

~22

owner

J.B. Dancer

1841-1844

~28

partner

Abraham and Dancer

1861-1871

resident

Manor House, Tipping Street, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England

7 April 1861

census record

1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/2868.90.11
– occupation “Optician”

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/3975.90.17
– occupation “Optician”

1881

resident

75 High Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England

3 April 1881

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/3917.105.10
– occupation “Optician”

24 November 1887

died at

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

References

Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851 (London: Zwemmer, 1995), pp. 75-76

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 83-84

W.I. Chadwick and David Henry, ‘The Dancer double lantern’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), p. 19

Lucerna ID 6003580

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 April 2019

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Person: DANCER, John Benjamin (1812-1887)