Walter Ernest Stoneman was an English portrait photographer who took many photographs for the National Portrait Gallery in London.
10 Facts About Walter Stoneman
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Walter Stoneman went to school at Plymouth College, which he left when he was fifteen to embark on a career as a photographer.
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Walter Stoneman later had his own photographic business in Plymouth, Heath and Stoneman Ltd.
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In 1948, Walter Stoneman was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to photography.
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Walter Stoneman continued working as a photographer right until his death in 1958.
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Walter Stoneman was a fellow of both the Royal Photographic Society and the Royal Geographical Society, as well as vice-president of the London Devonian Association.
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Walter Stoneman was a lay preacher in the Congregational Church.
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In 1917, in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, Walter Stoneman launched a project to build a National Photographic Record of all prominent members of British society.
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The original idea of Walter Stoneman was for storing visual records rather than distributing them.
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Up until his death Walter Stoneman had been the sole official photographer for the NPR.