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Person: SIMKIN, Mike  (1939-2021)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
Michael J. SIMKIN
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
collector, scholar and lantern performer, member of Magic Lantern Society
Main period of activity
1970s-2010s
Other internet resources
Relationships to other people

married to SIMKIN, Theresa

Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
6 March 1939
born at
22 May 2021
82
died at
Texts linked to this person
Articles (6)

Mike Simkin, ‘Albert Smith’ in NMLJ 5.1 (January 1987)

Mike Simkin, ‘Albert Smith: a nineteenth-century showman’ in The ten year book (1986)

Mike Simkin, ‘Birmingham and the magic lantern’ in Realms of light (2005)

Mike Simkin, ‘Is the magic lantern dead or alive?’ in NMLJ 3.2 (December 1984)

Mike Simkin, ‘The magic lantern and the child’ in Realms of light (2005)

J. Stirling Coyne and Mike Simkin, ‘Magic lantern shows yesterday and today’ in NMLJ 5.2 (August 1987)

Reference
Theresa Simkin, David Francis, Philip Banham, Jeremy Brooker and Lester Smith, ‘Obituary: Mike Simkin (1939-2021)’ in Magic Lantern 28 (September 2021)
Lucerna ID  6003541

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 11 October 2021

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