Author talk:Robert Langton
Sources[edit]
Family tress @ Ancestry[edit]
- David Elland Langton Tree
Robert Langton
Birth: 1825 - Kent, England
Marriage: 1850 - Rutland, England
Death: Sep 1900 - Bexley, Kent, England
Parents: David Elland Langton, Mary Payne
Spouse: Harriette Charity
Census[edit]
- 1891 England
Name: Robert Langton
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Gravesend, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Urmston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Clement
Town: Urmston
County/Island: Lancashire
Registration district: Barton Upon Irwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3160
Folio: 33
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Langton 65
Harriette M Langton 22
Death[edit]
- FreeBMD
Name: Robert Langton
Registration Year: 1900 Sep. Q.
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Dartford
Volume: 2a
Page: 292
Burial[edit]
- Source Citation: Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre; Bexleyheath, London, England; Bexley Parish Registers; Reference Number: PA23/1/E/4
Name: Robert Langton
Age: 75
Burial Date: 17 Sep 1900
Burial Place: Bexley, England
Chapelry: St Mary the Virgin
Parish as it Appears: Bexley
Obituary[edit]
- excerpt from The Leeds Mercury, Saturday, September 22, 1900; Issue 19492.
Mr. Robert Langton, for many years a well-known resident of Manchester, died at Bexley, Kent, on the 13th inst. He was intended or the legal profession, but after two years of articles with the Town Clerk of Gravesend, he relinquished law or art, and was articled to a wood engraver. he was an enthusiastic admirer of Bewick, and brought good taste as well as a skilful hand to his work. He illustrated many works dealing with archæological, topographical, and historical subjects. Scientific writers also sought the aid of his skill, which was placed at the service of Dr. Gamgee's "Physiology," of "The Moon," by the late R. A. Proctor, and "The Diseases of the Nervous System," by Dr. James Ross. He was also the author of "The Childhood ad Youth of Charles Dickens," with numerous illustrations. In 1853-4 Mr. Langton, in conjunction with the Rev. Cannon Beechey, then of Worsley, made a number of experiments which resulted in the application of photography to wood engraving, since that time so generally practised. Aged. 75.