Person: BUZBY, Albert G. (1835-1897)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Albert G. BUZBY

Gender

unknown

Relevance of this person

inventor and designer of optical lanterns

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

25 January 1835

born at

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

4 January 1897

died at

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 50

Hermann Hecht, ‘Some English magic lantern patents’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 4

Lucerna ID 6003571

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 10 August 2014

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Person: BUZBY, Albert G. (1835-1897)