Record

Code	PX2067
Dates	1843-1920
Person Name	Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843-1920); Knight; Photographic Chemist
Surname	Abney
Forenames	William de Wiveleslie
PreTitle	Sir
Title	Knight
Epithet	Photographic Chemist
Activity	Commissioned as Lieutenant in Royal Engineers, 1861, transferred to the Public Works Department 1865. He was appointed Assistant to the instructor of telegraphy at the School of Military Engineering 1871. He was promoted to the Rank of Captain in 1873 and was Knighted in 1900. Pioneer in the advancement of photographic emulsion making. Fellow of thw Royal Society of Edinburgh

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RefNo	Title
DF/BOT/404/1/1/2	Abney, William de Wiveleslie
DF/ZOO/200/53/2	Abney, Sir W de W (London)

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