Slytherin Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) A dead English person who's famous for some reason or other? Yep, I think you are right..l think his name is Bill and he invented this very high top hat for casual friday or something.. Give us clues Zombie !! Edited March 2, 2013 by slytherin Link to comment
Yettie One Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 A dead English person who's famous for some reason or other? Hahahaha, Jeeeeeesh it'd be pretty impressive if he's still alive! Um, not really got a clue. I'm gunna guess he's either an inventor or a writer of something notable in history though! Not 100% convinced he's Brit though! Link to comment
Slytherin Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 or a politician !! English politician Link to comment
Finn Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Don't think anyone will guess the identity of this billy harry fox with a talbot hat. ;D Strange there is such a thing as a talbot hat. Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Don't think anyone will guess the identity of this billy harry fox with a talbot hat. ;D Strange there is such a thing as a talbot hat. I agree. Zombie, we need a really good clue. Or, you may assume bragging rights for having stumped us. Please! Link to comment
C J Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 It's Henry Fox Talbot, a British inventor who was interested in photography. Link to comment
W_L Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Image.google.com confirmed it ghost boy "guessed" it correctly Let's move on and never speak of it again Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) OK. Here's another tall hat. Who is it and what is his historical significance? Edited March 4, 2013 by MikeL Link to comment
C J Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Well, he's obviously standing on a ship. I'll let someone else "guess" who he is. 1 Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Engineer 1 Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 From Memory He is standing by the side of the Great Western on the river Thames bank Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 Red_A is correct. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built dockyards, the great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionized public transport and modern engineering during the 19th century. Who's next? Red_A? Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 When I got up at 6 o’clock this morning, I was checking for Goat activity and I came across a Victorian with stove pipe hat and cigar. Well I nearly fell over, and raced to get in first. WL you may not know it but in 2011 he was voted second in the BBC Greatest Britions, last year was a well published programme on his life on Prime BBC time. So he was a well know figure. That photograph was used in both features. Being an engineer( electronics and electrical) who had to study history of engineering as a subsidiary. So I was lucky, I have to get up at 6. Here is one. A young man in his prime. He learnt his surveying trade in my part of the kingdom measuring fields, but may be better known in the Antipodies. Link to comment
Zombie Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 It's Henry Fox Talbot, a British inventor who was interested in photography. Sorry for ignoring you guys I was away and off line till now Poor old Henry's been forgotten but he has an important place in history - he invented modern photography [the negative / positive process which enabled limitless copies to be printed from a negative]. The only other photographic method at the time was the daguerreotype which was like the Polaroid - you could only have one print! Red - did your mystery guy survey for road building? Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 When I got up at 6 o’clock this morning, I was checking for Goat activity and I came across a Victorian with stove pipe hat and cigar. Well I nearly fell over, and raced to get in first. WL you may not know it but in 2011 he was voted second in the BBC Greatest Britions, last year was a well published programme on his life on Prime BBC time. So he was a well know figure. That photograph was used in both features. Being an engineer( electronics and electrical) who had to study history of engineering as a subsidiary. So I was lucky, I have to get up at 6. Here is one. A young man in his prime. He learnt his surveying trade in my part of the kingdom measuring fields, but may be better known in the Antipodies. Could this be John Septimus Roe? Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 @ Zombie He went on to survey for the railways but not roads. However neither is what he is famous for. @ MikeL No not quite that far Joe septmus Roe as a young man Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 @ Zombie He went on to survey for the railways but not roads. However neither is what he is famous for. @ MikeL No not quite that far Joe septmus Roe as a young man Is that a "no", Red_A? Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) @MikeL Yes it is a No My Photograph is not of Joe septmus Roe, and my comment was a clue to the fact that my hero did not get as far as western Australia where Roe did most of his work. Edited March 5, 2013 by Red_A Link to comment
C J Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 OK, well, seems to be someone who was fashion challenged, and had visual deficiencies as well. I would guess he wasn't very fond of having his picture taken, judging by the look on his face, and the fact that he's looking through the corner of his glasses. His clothes look a little dusty, so I'm thinking he was poor, and possibly lived under a bridge, or maybe in a stairwell under a storefront. His hairstyle is a little unusual, which might be a clue. I think this might be Albert Femur Walters, great uncle of T-bone Slim, one of the most talented hobo's the world has ever known. Of course, I could be wrong..... Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Although I do not known when the photo was taken, my guess was it was a period in his life when money was tight, ie good clothes but old. Also He would have had to sit still for hours for the camera exposure. Link to comment
Zombie Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 He looks shifty. Edmund Kennedy? Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 He looks shifty. Edmund Kennedy? NO my local hero lived into his eighies/nineties, and ended like all good victorians with a flowing beard For MikeL a clue This flying frog is quite photogenic, due to its large size, brilliant colors, and interesting behavior. Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 (edited) Hey, that's not much of a clue. And the link is superfluous. I know the meaning of "photogenic". Or, could the fashion challenged, visually deficient, long lived Antipodean have once studied flying frogs? Edited March 6, 2013 by MikeL Link to comment
Red_A Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hey, that's not much of a clue. And the link is superfluous. I know the meaning of "photogenic". Or, could the fashion challenged, visually deficient, long lived Antipodean have once studied flying frogs? As the goat would say all the clues are there from the avatar downwards. My local hero, did not study frogs any more than other fauna and flora, eg monkeys, flies, buterflies, flowers, etc, etc. One of his claim to fame is he surveyed an important line, and the first that brought him to my attention. I do not believe he got to australia(not quite), but he certainly went to some remote places. Link to comment
MikeL Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 I think we can rule out Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. They lived before the age of photography and Pennsylvania/Maryland can hardly be considered the Antipodies. As you can see, I am in need of another clue. Link to comment
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