Godfrey Bingley
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Godfrey Bingley (1842–1927) was a British photographer, engineer and iron founder. Bingley is remarkable for the number and quality of photographs he took around the United Kingdom and abroad.
Early life
Bingley was born on 3 July 1842 in
In 1858 Bingley became apprenticed as an engineer to his uncle John Bingley at Harper Street Foundry in Leeds.[1] The foundry built hydraulic presses, steam engines and other machinery.[2]
Photography
By the age of 42 Bingley was able to retire and developed an interest in photography and its technical capabilities. He subsequently travelled around Yorkshire[3] and more widely around Europe and to Mexico, taking photographs which reflected his interests in geology,[4] history and travel.[5] Bingley's many of photographs form a record of his contemporary Yorkshire landscape.[6] They often captured important everyday elements of contemporary life.[7]
In 1899 Bingley was elected to serve on the Council of the Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom, along with Alfred Horsley Hinton, Henry Peach Robinson and Henry Snowden Ward.[8] Bingley was also elected to the Yorkshire Geological Society and became a life member.[9] In 1895 the Council of the Society commended Bingley for providing them with an impressive collection of photographs of geological subjects in Yorkshire.[10] By 1909 he was the President of the Society.[11]
A member of the Leeds Camera Club, Bingley was in charge of a group of club photographers who took photographs for the Yorkshire Survey. The group were asked to take images of
In 1910 he was living at "Thorniehurst", Shaw Lane, Headingley.[13] Failing eyesight forced him to give up photography and in 1913 he donated his archive of around 12000 photographic negatives to the University of Leeds.[14][15] He died in 1927.[16]
Family life
In 1878 Bingley married Elizabeth Huckvale; the couple had two daughters: Edith born in 1879 and Mary Gertrude born in 1882.[16]
References
- ^ "John Bingley and Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "John Bingley and Co - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Godfrey Bingley". Thoresby Society. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Photographic views" (PDF). Nature. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Cambridge Queens Bridge". Queens' College Cambridge. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ALWOODLEY by Steven Burt - Thoresby Society". www.thoresby.org.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Godfrey Bingley and the National Photographic Record Association of 1897". Leeds University Library blog. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Leeds and Bradford Studios - Percy Lund". sites.google.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ISSN 0044-0604.
- ISSN 0044-0604.
- . Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-8223-5104-7.
- ^ "Statutory notice" (PDF). The London Gazette. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Humphry Repton at Ashridge". The Gardens Trust. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Jones, John E. (1987). "A Noble Gift: The University of Leeds Collection of Photographs by Godfrey Bingley". The University of Leeds Review.
- ^ a b "Jisc Archives Hub". Godfrey Bingley photographic archive. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
External links
- Archival Material at Leeds University Library
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