Percy Claude Byron
Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".
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Percy Claude Byron
The Byron Co (Life time: 1905) · Original publication: 1905 Immediate source · Public domain
- Name
- Percy Claude Byron (Clayton)
- Born
- 21 September 1878
- Birthplace
- Nottingham, England
- Died
- 9 June 1959
- Place of death
- Cranford, New Jersey
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".
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• Name — Percy Claude Byron (Clayton) • Born — 21 September 1878 • Birthplace — Nottingham, England • Died — 9 June 1959 • Place of death — Cranford, New Jersey • Employer — Byron Company • Children — Joseph M. Byron Grace Byron Murtaugh Elizabeth Byron Luce • Parents — Joseph Byron • Relatives — Gustave May (brother in-law)
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His father, Joseph Byron, was born in England in 1847 and opened the Byron Company in Manhattan in 1892. Perciful Claude Byron was born on September 21, 1878, in England. In 1935 he was the official photographer for the maiden voyage of the SS Normandie. Percy was born in 1878 in Nottingham, England. He founded the first photoengraving plant in Edmonton,Alberta, Canada (1906-16). He returned to his father's studio in 1917, Since 1917 he specialized in maritime photography while he lived on Staten Island. In 1942 he closed the family studio because of World War II. He then went to work for the Essex Art Engraving Company of Newark, New Jersey, until he retired in December 1958 because of his ill health. He died in 1959 in Cranford, New Jersey.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Percy C. Byron, Percy C. Byron and Perciful Claude Byron. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Joseph Byron. Other recorded relations include Gustave May.
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1878
Percy Claude Byron born at Nottingham.
1959
Percy Claude Byron died at Cranford.
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• 22,000 photos at the Museum of the City of New York between 1890 and 1942. The collection was donated by Percy Claude Byron in 1942.
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