Person: CHILDE, Henry Langdon (1781-1874)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Henry Langdon CHILDE

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

lantern slide painter

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

father of CHILDE, Miss Maria (c.1827- ? )

employer of HILL, W.R. (1831-1901)

employer of WINZAR, George (1836-1907)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1781

born at

Poole, Dorset, England

1830s-1850s

~48

owner

Henry Langdon Childe

1832

resident

3 Barrett Street, Lambeth, London, England

1845-1871

resident

66 Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London SE, England

30 March 1851

~70

census record

1851 Census of England and Wales, HO107/1571.91.6
– occupation “Artist in Glass”

1860s

~78

partner

Childe and Doubell

7 April 1861

~80

census record

1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/352.133.10
– occupation “Painter on Glass”

00 00 - 1866

~84

partner

Childe and Hill

2 April 1871

~90

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/661.71.35
– occupation “Painter on Glass”

1874

resident

61 Mostyn Road, Brixton, London, England

11 October 1874

~93

died at

Brixton, London, England

26 April 1875

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1875 p.141

References

Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851 (London: Zwemmer, 1995), p. 55

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 4

T.C. Hepworth and J.H. Pepper (comp. Tony Dugdale), ‘A brief history of the lantern’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 5

Lucerna ID 6002943

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 November 2014

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Person: CHILDE, Henry Langdon (1781-1874)