Person: ENGLISH, Douglas, B.A., F.R.P.S. (1870-1939)

Person summary Slides created

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Douglas Arthur Watkins ENGLISH B.A., F.R.P.S.

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

photographer whose work was used for lantern slides

Main period of activity

1900s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

18 October 1870

born at

Dulwich, London, England

1911

resident

The Rookery, Hawley, Kent, England

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/3797.101
– occupation “Secretary of Public Company”

August 1939

died at

Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England

Slide sets linked to this person

photographer: 'Beasties courageous': a collection of nature stories founded on observed fact (story: Newton & Co., 110 slides, 1905-1909)

photographer: Eyes and no eyes: book II -- by pond and river (lecture: Newton & Co., at least 13 slides, 1926-1948)

photographer: The life history of a British mud-wasp, Odynenis spinipes (lecture: Newton & Co., 20 slides, in/before 1909)

photographer: The life history of a butterfly (lecture: Newton & Co., 50 slides, in/before 1926)

photographer: Natural history subjects (lecture: Newton & Co., 497 slides, in/before 1909)

photographer: Natural history subjects (lecture: Newton & Co., at least 114 slides, 1901)

photographer: Nesting swans (lecture: Newton & Co., 27 slides, in/before 1909)

photographer: Nimble beasts: a collection of nature stories founded on observed fact (story: Newton & Co., 165 slides, 1910-1913)

photographer: Our farmyard friends (lecture: Newton & Co., 138 slides, in/before 1926)

photographer: 'Wee, tim'rous beasties': a collection of nature stories founded on observed fact (story: Newton & Co., 148 slides, 1903-1909)

Texts linked to this person

Books (3)

Douglas English, 'Beasties courageous': studies of animal life and character (London: S.H. Bousfield & Co., 1905)

Douglas English, A book of nimble beasts: bunny rabbit, squirrel, toad, and 'those sort of people' (London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910)

Douglas English, 'Wee, tim'rous beasties': studies of animal life and character (London: S.H. Bousfield & Co., 1903)

Lucerna ID 6004183

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Person: ENGLISH, Douglas, B.A., F.R.P.S. (1870-1939)