Person: ELWES, Major E.V. (1851-1925)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Major Ernest Veness ELWES

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

occasional lantern lecturer

Main period of activity

1900s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

12 March 1851

born at

Ipswich, Suffolk, England

1901

resident

The Terrace, H.M. Gun Wharf, Devonport, Devon, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/2106.59.51
– occupation “Major, Reserve of Officers, late R.A.”

11 April 1905

lecturer

Shore collecting on the Devonshire coast (lantern lecture, Torquay, Devon, England, 11 April 1905)

19 February 1907

lecturer

Some freshwater micro-organisms (lantern lecture, Torquay, Devon, England, 19 February 1907)

3 November 1908

lecturer

The marine worms of Torquay (lantern lecture, Torquay, Devon, England, 3 November 1908)

12 November 1913

lecturer

P.H. Gosse, F.R.S., as a naturalist (lantern lecture, Torquay, Devon, England, 12 November 1913)

1914

resident

Glendower, St Albans Road, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon, England

1925

resident

Novar, Kents Road, Torquay, Devon, England

25 July 1925

died at

Torquay, Devon, England

26 September 1925

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1925 D-G p.216

Lucerna ID 6004937

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 June 2017

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Person: ELWES, Major E.V. (1851-1925)