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Last Name Abney
Given Name William de Wiveleslie
alt. Names W. d. W. A. ; W. A. d. W. ;
Marriage
Children
Year born 1843 in Derby
Year died 1920
Place of death Folkestone
Father's occupation vicar of St Alkmund's Derby, Edward Abney (1811–1892), owner of the Firs Estate
Relatives Charles Edward Abney (1850-1914) (brother)
Education Rossall School, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; then joined the Royal Engineers in 1861, with whom he served in India for several years;
Country of Activity United Kingdom
Worked for W. A.de W.: Instruction in Photography (London 1900) ; A New Developer, Photographic News (1880, 24: 345) ;
Patronage Chatham School of Milit.Engineering (chemic assistant, later prof.); Photographic Society of GB (Progress Medal, pres.); Royal Society London (fellow)
Collaborators Charles Edward A. (brother) ;
Techniques investigated blackening of a negative to incidental light, developed a dry photographic emulsion, introduced hydroquinone in 1880 & new photogr. paper
Sample(s) http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/abney1876/0002 ;
Archival sources www.luminous-lint.com/app/vexhibit/_PHOTOGRAPHER_William_de_Wiveleslie_Abney_01/6/20/23157464378402397525/ ;
Published sources DSB 1 1970: 21f. ; K. Hentschel: Mapping the Spectrum (2002) ; Wilder 2009: 20-21, 27-29
other W. d.W. A. was founding member of the Derby Photographic Society in June 1884, became assistant secretary to the Board of Education in 1899 & advisor to that body in 1903.
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