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Beresford, George Charles (1864–1938)
Maker: Sir William Orpen
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Beresford, George Charles (1864–1938), photographer and memoirist
Lesley A. Hall
Beresford, George Charles (1864–1938), photographer and memoirist, was born at 15 Lypiatt Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 10 July 1864, the third son of Major Henry Marcus Beresford (1835–1895) of the 9th foot and his wife, Julia Ellen (d. 1923), daughter of the ...
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Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928–2000), photographer and picture editor
Alex May
Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928–2000), photographer and picture editor, was born on 21 March 1928 at 7 Shepherd's Hill, Highgate, London, the second of three sons and third of the five children (one of whom died in infancy) of Oliver Percy Bernard (1881–1939), stage designer and architect, and his second wife, ...
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Cundall, Joseph (1818–1895), publisher and photographer
Ruari McLean
Cundall, Joseph (1818–1895), publisher and photographer, was born in Norwich, Norfolk, on 22 September 1818, the second son in the family of four sons and one daughter of Benjamin Cundall (1782–1875), a prosperous linen draper, and his wife, Eliza, née Gilman (1792–1823). Trained as a printer in ...
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [Lewis Carroll] (1832–1898)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [pseud. Lewis Carroll] (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer
Morton N. Cohen
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [pseud. Lewis Carroll] (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer, was born at Daresbury parsonage, Cheshire, on 27 January 1832, the eldest son and third of eleven children of Charles Dodgson (1800–1868), curate of the parish, later rector of Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire...
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Evans, Frederick Henry (1853–1943), bookseller and photographer
Anne Hammond
Evans, Frederick Henry (1853–1943), bookseller and photographer, was born in Whitechapel, London, on 26 June 1853, the son of John Cleland Evans, a music teacher. He spent his early years as a clerk in the accounts department of a London business. After purchasing a Ross microscope, he bought a camera in 1883 for both photomicroscopic and landscape photography from ...
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Griffiths, Philip Jones (1936–2008), photojournalist
Stuart Franklin
Griffiths, Philip Jones (1936–2008), photojournalist, was born on 18 February 1936 at Monfa, Hylas Lane, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, the oldest of three sons of Joseph Griffiths (1903–1962), a railway master fitter who worked at Llandudno Junction, and his wife, Lizzie (Catherine) Jones (d...
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Hetherington, Timothy Alastair Telemachus [Tim] (1970–2011)
Maker: Jens Ressing
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Hetherington, Timothy Alastair Telemachus [Tim] (1970–2011), photographer and filmmaker
Philip Carter
Hetherington, Timothy Alastair Telemachus [Tim] (1970–2011), photographer and filmmaker, was born on 5 December 1970 in Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool, the younger son and youngest of three children of (William) Alastair Hetherington, chartered accountant, and his wife, Judith Mary, née Gillett, lawyer. At the time of his birth registration the family lived at ...
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Hollyer, Frederick (1838–1933), photographer and art publisher
Anne Hammond
Hollyer, Frederick (1838–1933), photographer and art publisher, was born on 17 June 1838 at 34 Penton Place, Clerkenwell, London, the youngest son of Samuel Hollyer, assistant sealer to the first Lord Brougham, the lord chancellor, and his wife, Mary Ann Hudson. Like his father and two of his brothers, he was trained as a reproductive engraver in mezzotint, and he engraved two paintings by ...
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Hutton, Kurt [formerly Kurt Heinrich Hübschmann] (1893–1960), photojournalist
Colin Osman
Hutton, Kurt [formerly Kurt Heinrich Hübschmann] (1893–1960), photojournalist, was born in Strasbourg, Alsace (then Germany), on 11 August 1893, the son of J. Heinrich Hübschmann (d. c.1908), an authority on the Armenian language and professor of comparative philology at ...
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Mortimer, Francis James (1874–1944), photographer, writer, and editor
Pam Roberts
Mortimer, Francis James (1874–1944), photographer, writer, and editor, was born at 9 Ordnance Row, Portsea, Portsmouth, on 27 November 1874, the only son and second of the two children of Francis Charles Mortimer (1849–1909), a dental surgeon of Scilly Isles descent, and his wife, ...
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Spender, (John) Humphrey (1910–2005), photojournalist and artist
Alex May
Spender, (John) Humphrey (1910–2005), photojournalist and artist, was born at 47 Campden House Court, Kensington, London, on 19 April 1910, the third son and youngest of the four children of (Edward) Harold Spender (1864–1926), journalist and author, and his wife, Violet Hilda, née...