Person: BEALE, John (1825-1899)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

John BEALE

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

engineer and inventor of several designs of mechanical slide

Main period of activity

1850s-70s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

15 June 1825

born at

Whitechapel, London, England

24 July 1899

died at

Blackheath, London SE, England

Reference

Jeremy Brooker, Richard Crangle and Martin Gilbert (editors), The magic lantern dancer: the choreutoscope and its place in the history of the moving image (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2023)

Lucerna ID 6005560

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 24 January 2023

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Person: BEALE, John (1825-1899)