Person: CLOWES, Joseph (1838-c.1925)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Joseph CLOWES

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

printer and amateur photographer, member of local lantern society

Main period of activity

1890s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

12 January 1838

born at

Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

1890-1897

~51

member

Sheffield Optical Lantern Society

1891-1919

resident

30 Bolsover Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

1891-1892

~52

member

National Society of Lanternists

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/3821.100.37
– occupation “Printer Foreman”

1896-1897

~57

owner

J. Clowes

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/27877
– occupation “Letterpress Printer”

c.1925

~86

died at

Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Texts linked to this person

Books (2)

Joseph Clowes, Haddon Hall: a souvenir of the annual outing of the Sheffield Optical Lantern Society (Sheffield: J. Clowes, 1896)

Joseph Clowes, Wentworth Castle (Stainborough Hall) (Sheffield: J. Clowes, 1897)

Reference

Help: a journal of social service (1891-1892) Vol. 1 No. 8 (1 September 1891), p. 155
– member of National Society of Lanternists

Lucerna ID 6003856

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Person: CLOWES, Joseph (1838-c.1925)