Person: DARKER, William H. (c.1812-1864)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

William Hill DARKER

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

optical instrument maker

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

father of DARKER, Charles (c.1841-1900)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

c.1812

born at

London, England

1846-1864

resident

9 Paradise Street, Lambeth, London, England

30 March 1851

~39

census record

1851 Census of England and Wales, HO107/1571.204.16

7 April 1861

~49

census record

1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/352.106.4

1864

~52

died at

Lambeth, London, England

Reference

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

Lucerna ID 6000658

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 26 October 2011

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Person: DARKER, William H. (c.1812-1864)