Person: WRAY, Cecil (1866-1944)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Cecil WRAY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

engineer and inventor of cinematograph equipment

Main period of activity

1890s

Relationships to other people

business partner of BAXTER, C.W. (c.1875- after 1911)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

23 October 1866

born at

Broughton, Lincolnshire, England

1881

resident

2 Southbrook Terrace, Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

1891

resident

52 Grantham Road, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

1891-1892

~24

member

National Society of Lanternists

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/3640.71.13

1897-1898

~30

partner

Baxter & Wray

1899

~32

partner

Cecil Wray & Co.

1901

resident

18 Hallfield Road, Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/4156.97.35

1911

resident

27 The Bank, Eccleshill, Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/26651

30 September 1944

died at

Queensland, Australia

Hardware linked to this person

inventor: Kineoptoscope (cinematograph, Riley Brothers, 1896)

References

Stephen Herbert and Luke McKernan (editors), Who's who of Victorian cinema: a worldwide survey (London: British Film Institute, 1996), p. 155

Help: a journal of social service (1891-1892) Vol. 1 No. 8 (1 September 1891), p. 155
– member of National Society of Lanternists

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 9.106 (March 1898)
– cinematograph show in Bradford

Lucerna ID 6003063

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 December 2016

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Person: WRAY, Cecil (1866-1944)