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Person: ARCHER, Walter J.  (c.1858-1902)

Biographical summary of this person
Walter J. Archer in 1896

Portrait photo from OMLJ, December 1896

Full name
Walter John ARCHER
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
partner in lantern and slide manufacturing and supply business
Main period of activity
1880s-1900s
Relationships to other people

son of ARCHER, William F.  (c.1827-1887)

brother of ARCHER, Frederick W.  (1860-1945)

brother of ARCHER, Foster H., F.S.M.C., B.O.A.  (1861-1935)

Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
2 April 1871
~13
census record
1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/3753.129.24
1880s-1902
~21
partner
5 April 1891
~33
census record
1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/3002.128.28
– occupation “Optician”
31 March 1901
~43
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/3505.18.28
– occupation “Optician Shop Keeper”
19 June 1902
~44
died at
2 September 1902
archive entry
National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1902 p.55
References
David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 18
Lucerna ID  6003046

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 September 2014

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