Person: PALMER, Mervyn, F.R.G.S. (1882-1954)

Person summary Slides created

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Mervyn Grove PALMER F.R.G.S.

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

photographer of slide sets, historian, curator of local museum

Main period of activity

N/A

Other internet resources

see record in VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)

Relationships to other people

son of PALMER, F. Grove (1851-1927)

musician ROWDEN, A.O. (1877-1960)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

17 April 1882

born at

Westminster, London, England

1891-1901

resident

6 Court Road, West Norwood, London SE, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/437.76.45
– occupation “Chemist”

1919

resident

50 Berrylands Road, Surbiton, Surrey, England

1928-1929

resident

The Spinney, Shirley Church Road, Addington, London, England

1932-1954

~49

employee

Ilfracombe Museum

29 September 1939

archive entry

1939 England and Wales Register, BMEU 132/1
– occupation “Librarian and Museum Curator”

28 September 1954

died at

Ilfracombe, Devon, England

Slide sets linked to this person

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: family and holiday photographs by the Palmer family] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, n.d.)

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Field Club rambles] (lecture: privately made, 34 slides, n.d.)

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Ilfracombe Harbour] (miscellaneous: privately assembled, at least 47 slides, n.d.)

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Lundy Island] (lecture: privately made, 46 slides, n.d.)

slide maker: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Lundy Island] (lecture: privately made, 46 slides, n.d.)

slide maker: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: miscellaneous and unidentified slides] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, at least 46 slides, n.d.)

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: miscellaneous and unidentified slides] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, at least 46 slides, n.d.)

photographerphotographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: North Devon villages and towns] (lecture: privately made, at least 186 slides, c.1938)

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: photographs of birds] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 178 slides, n.d.)

photographer: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: primitive man and miscellaneous] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 45 slides, n.d.)

photographer: Inca-Land (lecture: privately made, 50 slides, n.d.)

Slides showing image of this person

$S.W. Nats Union Conference at Plymouth, 30 May 1952 -- unnumbered slide from [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: people and local events] (miscellaneous: privately made, at least 32 slides, n.d.)$ $Us in the New Forest, 1902 -- J. Dallas, M.G. Palmer and H.W. Hammond -- unnumbered slide from [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: family and holiday photographs by the Palmer family] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, n.d.)$ $Mervyn G. Palmer -- unnumbered slide from [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: family and holiday photographs by the Palmer family] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, n.d.)$ $A Family Group, 18-8-01 -- unnumbered slide from [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: family and holiday photographs by the Palmer family] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, n.d.)$ $M.G.P. and R.F. Moore at the Weir House, Horsey, Braunton -- unnumbered slide from [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Field Club rambles] (lecture: privately made, 34 slides, n.d.)$ $S.W. Nats Union Conference at Plymouth -- M.G.P. welcomes the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress -- unnumbered slide from [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Field Club rambles] (lecture: privately made, 34 slides, n.d.)$ $slide image -- At R.F. Moore's Camp, Lee, Ilfracombe$

Slide set references

image appears in: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: people and local events] (miscellaneous: privately made, at least 32 slides, n.d.)

image appears in: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: family and holiday photographs by the Palmer family] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, n.d.)

image appears in: [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: Field Club rambles] (lecture: privately made, 34 slides, n.d.)

Lucerna ID 6004358

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 4 January 2019

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Person: PALMER, Mervyn, F.R.G.S. (1882-1954)