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Organisation: Robert Bancks, optical instrument maker

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
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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