Person: BIRD, Frederick (c.1838-1928)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Frederick Charles BIRD

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

photographer and lantern slide manufacturer

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

father of BIRD, Graystone (1862-1943)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

c.1838

born at

Frome, Somerset, England

1881-1891

resident

38 Milsom Street, Bath, Somerset, England

3 April 1881

~43

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/2437.98.11
– occupation “Portrait Painter and Photographer”

5 April 1891

~53

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/1935.22.8
– occupation “Photographer and Portrait Painter”

1928

resident

77 Lancaster Road, Bayswater, London W, England

22 April 1928

~90

died at

Notting Hill, London W, England

31 July 1928

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1928 p.281

Reference

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 38

Lucerna ID 6002434

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 August 2014

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Person: BIRD, Frederick (c.1838-1928)