Richard Lang Sims
Richard Lang Sims
British, 1860–1939
Sims, Richard Lang
Born 1860. Died 1939.
Biography
Sims, Richard Lang
Born in Greenwich 1860.
Md Fanny L (b Deptford 1865).
2 daughters.
STUDIOS: 1. 26 King Street, Greenwich 1883 - 1887. Successors to Samuel Sims.
2. 11 King William Street, Greenwich 1884 - 1886. Succeeded by William Arthur.
3. 443 Brixton Road, Lambeth 1886 - 1887. Successors to Alfred J Jarman.
4. 437 Brixton Road, Lambeth 1888 - April 1933.
5. 163 Hoe Street, Walthamstow (?) - in Pritchard, but not traced.
Limited company 1884.
Member of The Royal Photographic Society from 1902.
1881: photographic assistant living in Plymouth. Boarder.
1891: photographer living at 437 Brixton Road, Lambeth.
1901: photographer living at 16 Hayter Road, Brixton Hill, Lambeth.
County court judgement June 21 905 £18/18/10.
President of Professional Photographers' Association April 1909.
Twice Mayor of Lambeth; Chairman of Brixton Dispensary; Secretary of Brixton Lifeboat Institution; Chairman of Surrey County Bowls Association; alderman of Borough of Lambeth.
Took series of photos of South London street scenes for Charles Spurgeon younger (son of the preacher) in 1880s, for use as lantern slides.
Technical manager of Ludgate Kinematograph Film Company 1897, arranged to film Queen Victoria's Jubilee Procession to St Paul's Cathedral from the offices of the European Mail, in Ludgate Circus, June 22 1897 (PN June 4 1897 p 355).
Retired from business April 1933, after 50 years.
Died in Dartford 1939.
LITERATURE: Alderman R. Lang Sims Brixton Road, London, S W. IN Professional Photographer May 1922 pp 34 - 44, illus; O. J. Morris. Grandfather's London. London, Putnam, 1956 Alan Glencross. Grandfather's Greenwich. London, Conway Maritime Press, 1972; David Leggett. The Rev. Charles Spurgeon and his photographs. IN Greenwich & Lewisham AS Trans Vol 10 No 2 1986 pp 31 - 37.
Occupations
Photographer [List all] 1883
Photographic Assistant [List all] 1881
Technical Manager [List all] 1897
Person TypePerson
British, active 1854 - c. 1866
American, 1897–1994
