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Educated at Eton and Oxford | Educated at Eton and Oxford | ||
1886 Elected a member of the [[Royal Institution]]<ref>The Times, Apr 06, 1886</ref> | |||
1893 Married Miss Sylvia Tomlin at Westminster Abbey | 1893 Married Miss Sylvia Tomlin at Westminster Abbey | ||
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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[1], first son of William Spottiswoode, one time president of the Royal Society, and Eliza Taylor Spottiswoode[2]
Educated at Eton and Oxford
1886 Elected a member of the Royal Institution[3]
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[4]
1912 With Frank McClean, Hugh Spottiswoode was a pioneer of aerial photography of underwater objects; 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[5]
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[6]
1914 April: Hugh Spottiswoode was connected with The Sphere[7]
1915 Died in Llandrindod Wells[8]
1922 His wife died[9]