Eric Treacy
Eric Treacy MBE (born June 2, 1907 in London , † May 13, 1978 in Appleby-in-Westmorland ) was Bishop of the Church of England and a well-known railway photographer .
biography
Church career
Eric Treacy attended Haberdashers 'Aske's Boys' School and studied at King's College London , albeit without a degree. In 1932 he became a deacon of the Church of England ordained . At the Second World War, he participated as a military chaplain in part and was awarded the Order of " Order of the British Empire " (MBE). After demobilization , he was appointed archdeacon in Halifax in 1949. In 1961 he became deputy Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract , 1968 Bishop of Wakefield . In 1976 he retired.
photographer
From the 1930s he began to be involved in railway photography, stimulated by a visit to Liverpool Lime Street Station . His photographic work first appeared in various magazines. In 1946 he published his first monograph with his own photographs.
When taking photos he wore a white armband so that the railway staff recognized him, from whom he also regularly received information about the vehicles and trains he photographed. He returned the favor with prints of his photographs.
Death and inheritance
On May 13, 1978, Eric Treacy died of a heart attack while he was waiting at Appleby-in-Westmorland station on the Settle – Carlisle railway line for a special train for railway enthusiasts, which was pulled by the steam locomotive BR 92220 Evening Star . Today a plaque commemorates him in the station. He was buried at St Kentigern's in Crosthwaite, Keswick .
His collection of 12,000 railway photographs is now part of the collections of the National Railway Museum in York .
In his honor, the BR (ex- LMS ) 45428 LMS class 5 “Black Five” steam and museum locomotive was named “Eric Treacy”.
Works (selection)
- Lure of Steam . Ian Allan (1969). ISBN 0-7110-0098-0 , 1980 reprint ISBN 0-7110-0900-7
- Roaming the Northern Rails . (1976). ISBN 0-7110-0655-5
- Roaming the East Coast Main Line . Ian Allan (1977). ISBN 0-7110-0812-4
- Glory of Steam . Ian Allan 1981 (reprint). ISBN 0-7110-1171-0
- Portrait of Steam Reprint 1991. ISBN 1-85648-010-0
- The Best of Eric Treacy . Atlantic Transport Publishers 1994. ISBN 1-85877-007-6
literature
- G. Freeman Allen: Great Railway Photographs by Eric Treacy . Peerage Books. London 1982.
- Richard Deiss: Vane Cathedral and Sugar Beet Station. A short story about 200 European train stations . Bonn 2010, p. 69.
- David Jenkinson & Patrick Whitehouse: Eric Treacy's LMS . Oxford Publishing Company 1988. ISBN 0-86093-381-4
- PBWhitehouse & G. Freeman Allen: Eric Treacy: Railway Photographer . 1982. ISBN 0-7153-8367-1
- P. Whitehouse & J. Powell: Treacy's Routes North . 1985.
- P. Whitehouse & J. Powell: Treacy's British Rail . 1990.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Railway credentials ( Memento of 3 April 2008 at the Internet Archive )
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory. London 1976, ISBN 978-0-19-200008-8
- ↑ Who's Who (UK). 1970, ISBN 0-7136-1140-5 , p. 3176
- ↑ Deiss, p. 69.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treacy, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British bishop and railroad photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1978 |
| Place of death | Appleby-in-Westmorland |