Person: DARLINGTON, Ralph, F.R.G.S. (c.1860-1937)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Ralph DARLINGTON F.R.G.S.

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

author and publisher, occasional lantern lecturer

Main period of activity

1890s-1910s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

c.1860

born at

Little Lever, Lancashire, England

5 April 1891

~31

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/4637.72.11
– occupation “Journalist and Publisher”

1892

resident

Greenheys, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales

1892-1903

~32

partner

R. Darlington & Co.

1901-1911

resident

Plas Teg, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales

31 March 1901

~41

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/5249.11.14
– occupation “Journalist and Publisher”

2 April 1911

~51

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/34229.66
– occupation “Publisher”

4 December 1916

~57

lecturer

[Pictures just received from the Front] (lantern lecture, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, 4 December 1916)

1937

resident

Plas-yn-Ddol, Abbey Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales

14 May 1937

~77

died at

Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales

15 September 1937

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1937 D-G p.19

Reference

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 85

Lucerna ID 6003406

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 21 February 2018

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Person: DARLINGTON, Ralph, F.R.G.S. (c.1860-1937)