Organisation: Robert Bancks, optical instrument maker

Organisation history

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Robert Bancks

Short name

Robert Bancks

Known activities

Known date(s)

Activity

1790s-1831

optical instrument manufacturer

Date of foundation

1790s

Date of winding-up

1831

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, England

Relevance

distributor (retail or hire) of lantern slides

Related organisations

business taken over by Bancks & Son, 1831

Known location

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1805-1830

business address

441 The Strand, London, England

Reference

Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851 (London: Zwemmer, 1995), p. 16

Lucerna ID 1000743

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 September 2017

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Organisation: Robert Bancks, optical instrument maker