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Before 1844 [his father] Charles William Greaves and [his mother] Elizabeth Greenway were married.
On 4th July 1846 Walter Greaves was born to Charles William Greaves and Elizabeth Greenway at 31 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Around 1859. Walter Greaves [aged 12]. "The Waterside Entrance to Cremorne Gardens, London".
1860 -1880. Walter Greaves [aged 13]. "Old Battersea Bridge [Map] by Night". Sketch for 'Old Battersea Bridge'.
Around 1862. Walter Greaves [aged 15]. "Hammersmith Bridge [Map] on Boat-race Day".
1863 -1868. Walter Greaves [aged 16]. "Chelsea Regatta".
In 1863 Walter Greaves [aged 16] and his brother Henry met James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 28]. They became his studio assistants, pupils and close friends for over 20 years.
1874. Walter Greaves [aged 27]. "Old Battersea Bridge [Map]".
Before 1880. Walter Greaves [aged 33]. Portrait of James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 45].
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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1900. Walter Greaves [aged 53]. "Plumbago Factory".
Note 1. Plumbago being graphite for which a patent for the production of crucibles for the melting of metal had been issued to the Morgan brothers in 1856 who founded the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, making crucibles in a small factory in Battersea, London.
1900. Walter Greaves [aged 53]. "Kew Bridge [Map]".
On 28th November 1930 Walter Greaves [aged 84] died of pneumonia in the West London Hospital, Hammersmith. He was buried in the Charterhouse graveyard at Little Hallingbury in Essex.