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Person: UNDERHILL, Alfred  (1862-1939)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
William Alfred UNDERHILL
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
proprietor of slide manufacturing business
Main period of activity
1890s-1910s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
26 January 1862
born at
2 April 1871
9
census record
1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/418.36.4
3 April 1881
19
census record
1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/807.97.4
– occupation “Artist”
1890-1920
~27
owner
5 April 1891
29
census record
1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/589.65.3
– occupation “Dissolving view artist”
31 March 1901
39
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/641.125.7
– occupation “Dissolving view painter”
2 April 1911
49
census record
1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/3331.233
– occupation “Magic Lantern Slide Maker and Painter”
29 September 1939
archive entry
1939 England and Wales Register, CLEE 39/1
– occupation “Incapacitated”
References
David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 314
Help: a journal of social service (1891-1892) Vol. 1 No. 9 (1 October 1891), p. 177
  –  member of National Society of Lanternists
Lucerna ID  6002670

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 10 March 2020

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