Percy Benzie Abery
Illustration — Abery's studio in Builth Wells Percy Benzie Abery (20 October 1876 – 20 January 1948) was a prominent Welsh photographer of the early to mid-20th century. Abery was born in Sandgate, Kent. He came to prominence as a photographer in the Builth Wells area, where he settled in 1898 aged 21.
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Percy Benzie Abery
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- Born
- 1876 · Sandgate.
- Died
- 1948 · Builth Wells.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Abery's studio in Builth Wells Percy Benzie Abery (20 October 1876 – 20 January 1948) was a prominent Welsh photographer of the early to mid-20th century. Abery was born in Sandgate, Kent. He came to prominence as a photographer in the Builth Wells area, where he settled in 1898 aged 21.
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From 1911 onwards his business was located in West End Studio, where a blue plaque commemorates the fact. Though located in Builth Wells, he covered large parts of Mid-Wales and was involved in press photography, publishing postcards as well as the stock in trade studio portraits and weddings. He was also appointed the official photographer by Birmingham Water Works to document the building of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Abery photographed many aspects of rural life, many of which photographs have now disappeared. He died on 20 January 1948, and his ashes were scattered in the sea off Aberystwyth.
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1876
Percy Benzie Abery born at Sandgate.
1948
Percy Benzie Abery died at Builth Wells.
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- 1.1939 England and Wales Register
- 2.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- 3.1911 England Census
- 4.Percy Benzy Abery obituary. The Brecon and Radnor Express and County Times. January 22, 1948.
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- Abery, P.B. Photographs of Radnorshire. Logaston Press. 2008.
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A wedding couple
1940 · National Library of Wales
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