Person: BEECHEY, Canon St Vincent (1806-1899)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Canon St Vincent BEECHEY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

clergyman; inventor, lanternist and lecturer

Main period of activity

1850s-90s

Other internet resources

see record in Wikipedia

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

7 August 1806

born at

London, England

1872-1899

resident

The Rectory, Hilgay, Norfolk, England

19 August 1899

died at

Hilgay, Norfolk, England

Hardware linked to this person

designer: Trinoptric lantern (triunial or triple lantern, n.d.)

Texts linked to this person

Article (1)

St Vincent Beechey, ‘The Beechey trinoptric lantern’ in OMLJ 8.101 (October 1897)

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 32-33

Lewis Wright, ‘Apparatus for scientific demonstration’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), p. 5

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 6

‘Beechey's trinoptric lantern’ in OMLJ 8.99 (August 1897)
– inventor of trinoptric lantern

Herbert Newman and George H. Slight, ‘Correspondence’ in OMLJ 8.92 (January 1897)

‘More about Beechey's trinoptric lantern’ in OMLJ 8.100 (September 1897)
– trinoptric lantern

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 10.124 (September 1899)
– obituary notice

Hermann Hecht, ‘Some English magic lantern patents’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 5

Lucerna ID 6003140

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 January 2020

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Person: BEECHEY, Canon St Vincent (1806-1899)