Organisation: A. Abraham & Co., optical equipment maker and dealer

Organisation history

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

A. Abraham and Company

Short name

A. Abraham & Co.

Main area of activity

optical equipment maker and dealer

Date of foundation

1851

Date of winding-up

1875

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, England

Relevance

optician, also produced or sold lanterns and slides

Related organisations

business taken over by George Wood, 1875

Known location

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1851-1875

business address

20 Lord Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

People linked to this organisation

ABRAHAM, Abraham (c.1798-1863) – partner, 1840s-1855

WOOD, George S. (1816-1882) – partner, 1840s-1855

WOOD, George S. (1816-1882) – owner, 1856-1875

References

Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851 (London: Zwemmer, 1995), p. 1

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 7

Lucerna ID 1001522

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 April 2019

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Organisation: A. Abraham & Co., optical equipment maker and dealer