Person: WEEKS, Frank F. (1845-1914)

Person summary Slides created

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Francis Frederick Morgan WEEKS

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

illustrator of lantern slides; contributor to OMLJ

Main period of activity

1890s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

2 March 1845

born at

Stepney, London, England

1871

resident

104 Back Church Lane, Tower Hamlets, London E, England

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/533.64.16

1881

resident

40 Watney Street, Commercial Road, London E, England

3 April 1881

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/455.60.21

1891

resident

14 Thorpe Road, Forest Gate, London E, England

1891-1893

resident

21 Thorpe Road, Forest Gate, London E, England

1891

~45

owner

Frank Weeks

1891-1892

~45

member

National Society of Lanternists

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/1351.51.39

1897

resident

263 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, England

June 1898

archive entry

Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913, t18980620-448
– prosecution for rape, June 1898

1901

resident

Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/2118.85.14

1914

resident

129 Alverstone Road, Manor Park, London E, England

6 November 1914

died at

London, England

1915

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1915 p.219

Texts linked to this person

Article (1)

Frank F. Weeks, ‘A wrinkle for the lantern slide trade’ in OMLJ 3.36 (May 1892)

Correspondence (published) (1)

Frank F. Weeks, ‘Frightened’, ‘An Ex-Member’ and ‘Knowledge is power’, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 5.63 (August 1894) – 'Re. Weeks' patent method of making slides'

Other type of text (1)

Frank F. Weeks, ‘Curtain design’ in OMLJ 4.54 (November 1893)

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 320

David Henry, ‘Ben-Hur: Francis Fredric Theophilus Weeks and Patent No. 8615 of 1894’ in NMLJ 5.1 (January 1987)

‘Editorial table’ in OMLJ 6.74 (July 1895)
– new slides of 'Ben Hur'

‘Editorial table’ in OMLJ 8.97 (June 1897)
– issuing Diamond Jubilee slide

Help: a journal of social service (1891-1892) Vol. 1 No. 11 (1 December 1891), p. 216
– member of National Society of Lanternists

David Henry, ‘The new Editor's editorial’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), p. 1

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 9.110 (July 1898)
– sentenced to seven years imprisonment

The optical magic lantern journal: volume 4 number 54 (November 1893), p. 178

Notes

Also used the name Francis Frederick Theophilus Weeks, regularly changed his age cited in Census records, and was convicted of bigamy and other crimes in 1898. Some sources (including 1901 Census) spell his surname 'Weekes', but the correct spelling appears to be with no final 'e'.

Lucerna ID 6002404

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 August 2014

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Person: WEEKS, Frank F. (1845-1914)