Person: WOODBURY, Walter B. (1834-1885)

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Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Walter Bentley WOODBURY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

photographer, inventor and proprietor of slide making business

Main period of activity

1850s-70s

Other internet resources

see record in Wikipedia or VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)

Relationships to other people

indirect relative of ENGLAND, Walter (1854-1914)

father of WOODBURY, Walter E. (1865-1905)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

26 June 1834

born at

Manchester, Lancashire, England

1871

resident

Dulwich Road, Penge, London SE, England

2 April 1871

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/850.50.10
– occupation “Retired Photographer”

1879

resident

Manor House, South Norwood, London SE, England

1879

~44

owner

Sciopticon Co.

5 September 1885

died at

Margate, Kent, England

Slide sets linked to this person

photographer: Lecture and views of Java (lecture: Pumphrey Brothers, 48 slides, in/before 1872)

photographer: [Manchester Geographical Society Collection: Java] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 54 slides, n.d.)

Texts linked to this person

Lecture (1)

Walter B. Woodbury, ‘Lecture on Java’ in several compilations

References

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 5

Hermann Hecht, ‘Some English magic lantern patents’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), pp. 4-5

Trevor Beattie, ‘Walter Bentley Woodbury and his Sciopticon’ in NMLJ 10.3 (Autumn 2007)

Lucerna ID 6002966

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 October 2020

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Person: WOODBURY, Walter B. (1834-1885)