PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: .. Apr/May/June 1869, ......, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
died: .. 1942, ..........

married on .. July/Aug/Sept 1900, Islington, Greater London, Middlesex:
Theresa Grace KELLAWAY (b. <1875>, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales - d. .............)


PARENTS:


father: Robert BLUFF (b. Jan/Feb/Mar 1840, Colne, St Ives, Cambridgeshire/Huntingdonshire - d. Jan/Feb/Mar 1914, ....., Islington, Greater London, London, Middlesex) 1891 census: maker of electric fitting
married in July/Aug/Sept 1868, City of London, London:
mother: Mary Anne MUSTIEL/MUSTILL (b. ....., Aldreth [Haddenham], Cambridgeshire - d. ...............)



LIFE:


In 1891 Census: vocalist music (or musn = musician?)
Used many aliases: Robert Na(i)sh,
pioneer recording expert (what company? Grammavox?)
comic
(source: Grammavox by Frank Andrews)
made the first known commercially made UK recordings, issued by the London Phonograph Company about 1892 (Guinness, p. 32)

see also: Joe Batten's Book, pp 44-46 (1956 edition, Rockcliff, London)


NOTES:

  • "Mr. Harry Bluff, Humorist" (in: The Talking Machine Review No 51, April 1978, pp 1302-1303, 1314)






THANK YOU:


Paul Cleary




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