Date:1856 - 1949 (c.)
Description:Lieutenant George Philip Lempriere of Handsworth was famous throughout Great Britain and Europe for his balloon ascents and parachute descents. He is recognisable as a Jules Verne "Phileas Fogg" personality but equally he was ahead of his time with many of his ideas and the execution of them. This exhibition looks at aspects of Lempriere's career through material held in the Archives Department of Central Library. (Exhibition written by Chris Sutton)
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In this image you can see one of Lempriere's assistants preparing to drop from the balloon. During his ...
Lempriere was a keen raconteur and storyteller and here he recounts, in a 1926 interview with Harry ...
In 1897 Lempriere decided to try and follow his father onto Handsworth Council and stood as an "absolutely ...
Photograph of balloon ascent, recorded as:"Lieut. Lempriere, Grand Gala, York, 1921" Lieutenant Lempriere, ...
It is not stated where this balloon is in flight but it was taken at one of Lieutenant Lempriere's balloon ...
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Donor ref:Local Studies/ Birmingham Biography 1949 p.21 (14/4192)
Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library
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