Paul Nooncree Hasluck

Paul Nooncree Hasluck
BornApril 1854
South Australia
Died7 May 1931(1931-05-07) (aged 77)
OccupationEditor • writer
Spouse
Florence Sparrow
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(m. 1883; died 1916)​
Children2 sons
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Paul Nooncree Hasluck (April 1854 – 7 May 1931) was an Anglo-Australian writer and editor. He was born in Australia in April 1854 but moved to the UK before 1881, and lived there till his death in London on 7 May 1931.[1][2] He wrote about technical subjects and was a pioneer in the "do-it-yourself" category.

Hasluck was the editor of Work (1892–1909) and Building World, (1895–1909), as well as being secretary of the Institution of Sanitary Engineers and a fellow of the Institute of Journalists.[1][3]

Family

Hasluck married in 1883 Florence née Sparrow, who died in 1916.[4] By her he had two sons. At some point prior to the publication in 1881 of Lathe-work: A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and Processes Employed in the Art of Turning[2] he moved to England, where at the time of his death, he maintained two residences: at 97 Loughborough Park, Brixton, and at Coopers Hill, Herne Bay.[5]

Works authored

  • Microscopes and Accessories, How To Make and Use Them, published by Cassell and Company as part of "Work Handbooks" series, Preface dated 1905
  • Rustic Carpentry
  • The Metal Turner's Handybook
  • Electric Bells: How To Make And Fit Them"
  • Lathe-work
  • Practical Gas Fitting
  • Mounting and Framing Pictures
  • Practical Draughtsmen's Work
  • Road and Footpath Construction
  • Bookbinding
  • Motor Bicycle Building
  • Leather Working
  • Practical Graining and Marbling
  • The Wood Turner's Handybook
  • Cabinetwork and Joinery
  • Iron, Steel, and Fireproof Construction
  • Practical Plumbers' Work
  • Violins and Other Stringed Instruments - How To Make Them
  • Basket Work of All Kinds
  • Tinplate Work
  • Upholstery
  • Textile Fabrics and Their Preparation for Dyeing
  • Taxidermy
  • Bamboo Work
  • The Mechanic's Workshop Handybook
  • Painters' Oils, Colours and Varnishes
  • Saddlery
  • Hasluck, Paul Nooncree (1907). Knotting and splicing ropes and cordage. Philadelphia: David McKay. OL 6954703M.
  • Practical Staircase Joinery
  • The Automobile: A Practical Treatise
  • The Model Engineer's Handybook
  • House Decoration
  • Dynamos and Electric Motors
  • Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing and Polishing
  • The Clock Jobber's Handybook
  • Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles
  • Hands, Arthur (1905). Hasluck, Paul Nooncree (ed.). The Book of Photography; practical, theoretical and applied. London, New York: Cassell and Co. OCLC 297641508.
  • Cycle Building and Repairing
  • The Pattern Maker's Handybook
  • Smith's work
  • Sanitary Construction in Building
  • Electro-plating
  • Harness Making
  • Beehives and Beekeepers' Appliances
  • Lens Grinding & Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes

Works edited

  • Photographic Chemistry
  • Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
  • Cassell's Cyclopedia of Mechanics
  • Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery
  • The Handyman's Book of Tools, Materials, and Processes Employed in Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet Work

References

  1. ^ a b Anon (2007). "Hasluck, Paul Nooncree". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U210922. Retrieved 1 March 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b "We are glad to see…". The Herald. Vol. XV, no. 23. Western Australia. p. 3. Retrieved 2 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Mr. Paul N. Hasluck". The Daily Telegraph. 9 May 1931. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Hasluck". The Sunday Mirror and County Post. 21 July 1916. p. 1.
  5. ^ "The Hasluck Page". www.librum.us. Retrieved 1 March 2021.