Person: MALDEN, B.J., F.R.G.S. (1838-1933)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Benjamin John MALDEN F.R.G.S.

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

lantern lecturer; contributor to OMLJ

Main period of activity

1870s-90s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

8 August 1838

born at

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England

1861

resident

5 Chichester Place, Gray's Inn Road, London, England

7 April 1861

census record

1861 Census of England and Wales, RG 9/107.53.16
– occupation “Engraver on Wood”

1870

~31

employee

Royal Polytechnic Institution

1871-1890

resident

14 Great Coram Street, London, England

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/338.5.3
– occupation “Engraver on Wood & Lecturer”

3 January 1877

lecturer

[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, London, England, 3 January 1877)

12 December 1879

lecturer

[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, London, England, 12 December 1879)

3 January 1889

lecturer

[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, 3 January 1889)

1897-1911

resident

Tremere Villa, Alexandra Road, Stoke Newington, London, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/209.25.42
– occupation “Retired Lecturer”

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/1029
– occupation “Retired Lecturer”

1927-1933

resident

21 Junction Road, Southsea, Hampshire, England

24 January 1933

died at

Southsea, Hampshire, England

5 April 1933

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1933 p.209

Hardware linked to this person

designer: Trinopticon (triunial or triple lantern, J.H. Steward, n.d.)

Slide sets linked to this person

compiler: Old London (lecture: Wrench & Son, 41 slides, in/before 1889)

photographer: Teneriffe and Grand Canary (lecture: Wrench & Son, 50 slides, in/before 1893)

Texts linked to this person

Correspondence (published) (3)

B.J. Malden, W.M. Baynes, Slingsby Bethell, T.H. Holding and Frank R. Hinkins, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 1.9 (February 1890) – 'Congratulatory'

W.I. Chadwick, B.J. Malden and W.D. Slade, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 3.32 (January 1892) – 'Ilkeston explosion'

B.J. Malden and Charles Hine, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 8.100 (September 1897) – 'Professor Malden's effect slides'

Lectures (2)

B.J. Malden, A tour through Sweden and Denmark (London: Wrench & Son, c.1894)

B.J. Malden, A visit to Teneriffe and Grand Canary (London: Wrench & Son, c.1893)

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 186-187

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 6

Lester Smith, ‘Benjamin John Malden: a prominent lecturer of the Royal Polytechnic’ in NMLJ 11.9 (June 2014)

Hughes's illustrated price list of magic and patent cylindrical dissolving view lanterns and apparatus (London: W.C. Hughes, 1878), p. 2

Edmund H. Wilkie, ‘'Late of the Royal Polytechnic Institution' (?)’ in OMLJ 12.143 (April 1901)

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 10.127 (December 1899)
– announcing retirement

Lucerna ID 6000657

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 12 January 2021

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Person: MALDEN, B.J., F.R.G.S. (1838-1933)