Dates: | 1831 - 1913, 4 April | Born: | Scotland | Died: | Canada, QC, Montreal | Active: | Canada | Scottish-born photographer who emigrated to Canada in 1855 and took up photography soon after. Through his professional career in Montreal he was unusual in taking largely outdoor photographs.
Stereographs project Business locations Montreal, Quebec, Canada *[Alexander Henderson] "Portrait & Landscape Photographer", "Maker of stereoscopic views", 237 St. James St., then 10 Phillips Sq., 70s. Several hundred fine scy., city/country, excellent pictorialist; portraits; disasters, flood of 69. B. Scotland 31, to Canada 55; was wealthy; started photog. ÷57; 59 first North American member of the English Stereoscopic Exchange Club [amateurs]; turned professional 66/67, retired 90s, D. 13. T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the World (Non-USA), (National Stereoscopic Association) |
Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others. |
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