Basic biographical summary of this person | ||||||||
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Full name | Charles Woolnough LOCKE | ![]() Portrait photograph from OMLJ, August 1897 | ||||||
Gender | male | |||||||
Relevance of this person | lantern operator and photographer | |||||||
Main period of activity | 1870s-1910s | |||||||
Chronology | Date | Age | Event/activity | |||||
1849 | born at | Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||||||
1871 | resident | 5 Southall Place, Southall, London, England | ||||||
2 April 1871 | ~22 | census record | 1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/1311.33.30 – occupation “Wheelwright” | |||||
1880-1881 | resident | 53 Great Coram Street, London, England | ||||||
3 April 1881 | ~32 | census record | 1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/319.46.9 – occupation “Assistant public lecturer” | |||||
1887-1895 | ~37 | partner | D. Noakes & Son | |||||
1891 | resident | 12 Ormiston Road, Greenwich, London SE, England | ||||||
5 April 1891 | ~42 | census record | 1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/513.125.14 – occupation “Manufacturing optician” | |||||
1895-1903 | ~45 | owner/proprietor | C.W. Locke | |||||
8 February 1897 | ~48 | lantern operator | [Travels in the far North] (lantern lecture, London, England, 8 February 1897) | |||||
1898-1899 | ~48 | director | Nottingham Incandescent Lime Cylinder Syndicate | |||||
1901 | resident | Sunningdale, Woodville Road, New Barnet, London, England | ||||||
31 March 1901 | ~52 | census record | 1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/1231.49.29 – occupation “Optical lantern maker & photographer” | |||||
1902-1906 | resident | Mossley House, 55 Sinclair Road, Kensington, London W, England | ||||||
1907-1925 | resident | 182 Holland Road, Kensington, London W, England | ||||||
2 April 1911 | ~62 | census record | 1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/87 – occupation “Photographer” | |||||
1925 | ~75 | died at | Kensington, London W, England | |||||
Texts linked to this person | Published correspondence (3) ‘ Observer’, R.B. Price, W. Stocks, T.E. Morgan, C.W. Locke, W. Stocks and ‘ An Old Photographer’, Correspondence in OMLJ 7.84 (May 1896) – 'Ancient water and flour mills' D.A. Doudney, George Newnes Ltd and C.W. Locke, Correspondence in OMLJ 8.101 (October 1897) – 'Professor Malden's effect slides' Joseph J. Smith, C.W. Locke, F. Brown, William H. Assender and Walker & Co., Correspondence in OMLJ 10.123 (August 1899) – 'Nottingham Incandescent Lime Cylinder Syndicate' | |||||||
References (* = main subject) | David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 176-177 Dioramic effects at the Egyptian Hall in OMLJ 11.132 (May 1900) Electrorama in OMLJ 9.109 (June 1898) The largest lantern audience in OMLJ 8.94 (March 1897) Mere mention in OMLJ 13.151 (October 1902) Notes in OMLJ 7.90 (November 1896) Prominent men in the lantern world: no. X -- Mr C.W. Locke in OMLJ 8.99 (August 1897) | |||||||
Lucerna ID no. 6002545 | Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 22 April 2014 |
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