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(William) Hugh Spottiswoode, one of the 3 partners of [[Eyre and Spottiswoode]], founder and proprietor of the ''Sphere'' and ''Tatler's''. | |||
1864 Born in Bexley<ref>BMD</ref>, first son of [[William Spottiswoode]], one time president of the Royal Society, and Eliza Taylor Spottiswoode<ref>BMD</ref> | 1864 Born in Bexley<ref>BMD</ref>, first son of [[William Spottiswoode]], one time president of the Royal Society, and Eliza Taylor Spottiswoode<ref>BMD</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 19 August 2018
(William) Hugh Spottiswoode, one of the 3 partners of Eyre and Spottiswoode, founder and proprietor of the Sphere and Tatler's.
1864 Born in Bexley[1], first son of William Spottiswoode, one time president of the Royal Society, and Eliza Taylor Spottiswoode[2]
Educated at Eton and Oxford
1893 Married Miss Sylvia Tomlin at Westminster Abbey
1909 Hugh Spottiswoode attended the reception at which the Daily Mail's prize was presented to M. Bleriot[3]
1912 With Frank McClean, Hugh Spottiswoode was a pioneer of submarine photography; together they took photographs of the wreck of the Oceana at Eastbourne.
1912 W. Hugh Spottiswoode was elected a member of the Royal Aero Club[4]
1912 Hugh Spottiswoode presented 3 drawings to the Royal Aero Club dealing with the flight by F K McClean at Eastbourne and a photograph of the wreck of RMS Oceana[5]
1914 April: Hugh Spottiswoode was connected with The Sphere[6]
1915 Died in Llandrindod Wells[7]
1922 His wife died[8]