About John Watkins
Lived 1823 – 1874 (aged 50–51). John Watkins was a British photographer.
John Watkins (4 February 1823 – 26 December 1874) was an English portrait photographer. Biography John Watkins was born on 4 February 1823 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, in Wales.
He and his brother Octavius Charles Watkins (1836–1882) often worked together. John Watkins' second brother, George Herbert Watkins (1828–1916) was also influenced by his brothers to become a photographer. They made studio portraits of artists and culturally influential people between the years 1840 and 1875.
John died on 26 December 1874, aged 51, and was buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.
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English photographer (1823–1874)
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John Watkins was born in 1823.
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John Watkins died on 26 December 1874.
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John Watkins was a photographer.
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John Watkins was British.
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