Person: TAYLOR, J. Traill (1827-1895)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

John Traill TAYLOR

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

photographer and journalist

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

father of TAYLOR, J. Hay (c.1858-1936)

father of TAYLOR, Alfred (c.1863-1945)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

23 January 1827

born at

Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

1851

resident

3 East Register Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

1851

~23

census record

1851 Census of Scotland, Edinburgh St Andrew; ED 11; Page 20; Line 1
– occupation “Watch Maker & Daguerreotypist Journeyman”

1861

resident

5 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

1861

~33

census record

1861 Census of Scotland, Edinburgh Buccleuch; ED 81; Page 5; Line 11
– occupation “Watchmaker & Jeweller”

1871

resident

Nithsdale Villa, 21 Trinity Road, Tottenham, London N, England

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/1340.205.42
– occupation “Ed[itor] of Scientific Journal”

1879-1886

resident

U.S.A.

1891

resident

Nithsdale Villa, 21 Trinity Road, Tottenham, London N, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/1080.57.4
– occupation “Journalist”

8 November 1895

died at

Lane Park, Florida, U.S.A.

Texts linked to this person

Article (1)

J. Traill Taylor, ‘The optics of the lantern’ in OMLJ 2.25 (June 1891)

Periodical (1)

Editor: British Journal of Photography (1860- ? )

References

J. Hay Taylor, ‘J. Traill Taylor’ in OMLJ 6.79 (December 1895)
– obituary and portrait

David Henry, ‘York & Son: part 1’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), p. 17

Lucerna ID 6002403

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 April 2014

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Person: TAYLOR, J. Traill (1827-1895)