Attended Uppingham School, England and by age 17, was attending socialist meetings in Liverpool, becoming an admirer of Edward Carpenter and William Morris. In 1897, he moved with his family to America, settling in New York and became a publisher and editor of socialist works, later becoming an anarchist and an ardent defender of homosexuality.
G.W. Wilson is a Scottish photographer (1823-1893). He began his career photographing war ships in 1857. Following 1859 Wilson photographed various Scottish landscapes. In 1863, Wilson helped establish the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association. By 1880 he had created "G.W Wilson & Co." the largest publishing company of topographic views in Britain.
John P. Soule (1827-1904) founded Soule Photograph Co., in Boston Massachusetts in 1882.
James Cremer (1821-1893) is an English and American photographer and publisher of James Cremer & Co. (1861-1866) and Cremer & Dillon (1868)
George Griffith was originally a canvasser for Underwood & Underwood. In 1896 Griffith and his brother built Griffith & Griffith a distributing company where they marketed views made by H.L. Roberts and William H. Rau. By 1899 Griffith photographed attractions in the United States, Europe and Asia to build a collection of original negatives. Later in 1908 Griffith & Griffith offices began opened firms in St.Louis and London. By 1910 there were offices opened in Milan and St.Petersburg. The company was active until 1917.