DALLMEYER

Johann He in rick ( 2 son of Wm. Dallmeyer of Loxten near Versmold, Westphalia ). b. Loxten 6 Sep. 1830; apprenticed to an optician at Osnabruck 3 years; came to England 1851; a manufacturer of telescopes in London 1859; naturalised 17 Sep. 1859; F.R.A.S. 1861; supplied photographic lenses to photographers in all parts of the world; patented a single wide-angle lens 1864 largely used for photographing landscapes; received highest awards at Dublin, Berlin, Paris and Philadelphia exhibitions; author of On the choice and use of photographic lenses , 6 editions . d. on board ship off coast of New Zealand 30 Dec. 1883. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xlv , 190–91 (1885).