(Joseph) Léon F. Arnoux
Born 1816 (Circa)
Died 1902
Active: 1848 - 1902
Country of birth: France
Country of death: England
Civil engineer, art director at pottery manufacturer
Born in Toulouse (presumed), France. Worked for factory at Sèvres before being persuaded to move to Minton's in 1848 [see Elliott, 'Potters', 2004, p.28 fn. 3]. Died in Stoke-on-Trent.
Locations
Address 10 (13) The Villas Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1871 (Circa) - 1902
The house number is 10 in 1871 and 13 in 1891, as there are no houses listed between no 9 and no 13 in 1891, presume the houses were renumbered
Institutional and Business Connections
Employee of Minton and Company
1848 - 1892
Art Director [see Elliott, 'Potters', 2004]
Personal and Professional Connections
Grandmother/grandfather/grandparent to Léon Albert Vincent Solon
Related to Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon
Louis was married to Léon's daughter Laure, born in France c.1845
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Civil Engineer'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Art director at Minton's China manufacturer'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Art Director, China Manufactury (Earth)'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Director at China Works'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 2006; Folio: 123; Page: 2; GSU roll: 87408
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 2728 folio 35 page 3
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2176 folio 5 page 3
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 2608; Folio: 143; Page: 16
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Joseph Leon F Arnoux
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1902
Age at Death: 86
Registration district: Stoke upon Trent
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 121
Potters
2004
p. 28, fn. 3
Citing this record
'(Joseph) Léon F. Arnoux', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1259682137, accessed 07 Jun 2023]
