Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

William Lynd

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William Lynd (c1845-c1911) of the British School of Telegraphy

1881 Residing at 4 Wivenhoe Road, Camberwell: William Lynd (age 36 born Manchester), Dramatic Author. With his wife Edith and daughter Edith M.[1]

1884 Elected IEE. of Great Queen Street.

1884 Authored 'The Practical Telegraphist and Guide to the Telegraph Service.' by William Lynd.[2]

1887 of 21, Bloomsbury Street, W.C.

1900 'Mr. William Lynd, late Principal of the West London College of Electrical Engineering, is announced to give a lecture and practical demonstration on Marconi’s wireless telegraphy at the Drill Hall.'[3]

1907 The British School of Telegraphy, William Lynd of the British and Foreign Telegraph Services, author of the Practical Telegraphist and the late Examiner, Technical Instructor and Director of the Wireless Telegraphy Department of "Ward's College, Brixton" when that establishment was owned by C. B. Ward.[4]

1911 Residing at 169 Kennington Park Road, London: William Lynd (age 67 born Manchester), Electrical Engineer. With his wife Edith Lynd (age 58) and daughters Muriel, a Telegraphist; Edith M., a shorthand writer typist; and Mable G., a Pianist.[5]

1912 Marriage of Muriel Ebba Lynd daughter of William Lynd (deceased), a Science lecturer.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1881 Census
  2. London Daily Chronicle - Tuesday 17 June 1884
  3. Tiverton Gazette (Mid-Devon Gazette) - Tuesday 06 March 1900
  4. Kerry Evening Star - Monday 16 September 1907
  5. 1911 Census