Alexander Henderson
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(b Edinburgh, 9 July 1831; d Montreal, 4 April 1913). Canadian photographer of Scottish birth. He emigrated to Canada shortly after his marriage to Agnes Elder Robertson in October 1855. They settled in Montreal, where he worked in accountancy for several years. About 1857 he took up photography as a hobby, and in 1866 he went into it as a profession. In the early period of his business he made portraits, but his international reputation was based on his landscape photography. He received medals for work shown in London, Dublin, Paris and New York. He documented the major cities and resort areas of Quebec and Ontario and many of the villages in Quebec. He was especially fond of the wilderness and made many trips by birch bark canoe to the Blanche, the Rouge and other noted eastern rivers for the purpose of taking pictures for later sale, for example Ready for the Portage (albumen print, 1863-5; Montreal, McGill U., McCord Mus.; Notman Photographic Archvs).
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Henderson, Alexander (1831-1913), British-born Canadian landscape and commercial photographer. He emigrated to Canada in 1855, settled in Montreal, and took up photography as an amateur. He became the first North American member of the Stereoscopic Exchange Club in 1859, contributed articles to the photographic press, and won medals at several international exhibitions. In 1865, he self-published his first and best-known collection, Canadian Views and Studies by an Amateur. The following year he opened a studio in Montreal and established a reputation for landscape work, especially winter snow scenes. During the 1870s, he photographed the construction of the Intercolonial Railway and a decade later produced promotional photography for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. He became founding president of the Montreal Camera Club in 1889, and served as manager of the CPR Photography Department from 1892 until his retirement in 1897. Nearly all his negatives were destroyed after his death.
— Joan Schwartz
Bibliography
- Triggs, S. G., ‘Alexander Henderson: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Photographer’,
Archivaria ,5 (1977-8). - Guay, L., ‘Alexander Henderson, Photographer’,
History of Photography ,13 (1989)
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Henderson, Alexander, 1583-1646, Scottish churchman often regarded as the greatest figure in the Church of Scotland after John Knox. Henderson became a leading opponent of prelacy and of English domination of the church. In 1638, after the signing of the National Covenant (see Covenanters), he was elected moderator of the general assembly at Glasgow, which deposed the bishops and set up Presbyterianism in spite of royal threats. Henderson met King Charles I to settle the problem and was favorably received. In 1640, he was elected rector of the Univ. of Edinburgh. In 1641 and 1643, he was moderator of the general assembly and presented (1643) a draft of the Solemn League and Covenant. He sat thereafter (1643-46) in the Westminster Assembly. In 1646, he again met Charles for a conference on church government during the course of the king's alliance with the Scottish army. Henderson wrote many speeches and sermons.
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See biographies by J. P. Thomson (1912) and R. L. Orr (1919).
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Alexander Henderson may refer to:
- Alexander Henderson (theologian) (c. 1583–1646), Scottish theologian
- Alexander Henderson (photographer) (1831–1913), Scots-Quebecer merchant and photographer
- Alexander Henderson (politician) (1860–1940), historical member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada and Commissioner of Yukon 1907–1911
- Alexander Henderson (Virginia) (1738–1815), Scottish merchant and politician in Virginia, United States
- Alexander D. Henderson (businessman) (1865–1925), vice-president of the California Perfume Company
- Alexander D. Henderson, Jr. (1895–1964), son of the perfume businessman
- Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon (1850–1934), British politician
- Alexander Henderson (physician) (1780–1863), Scottish physician, author of History of Ancient and Modern Wines (1824)
- Alex Henderson, band member of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- Alexander Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (1902–1977), British Labour politician
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