Background
Henry William Taunt was born in 1842 in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. He was the son of a plumber and glazier, also Henry, and his wife Martha, who came from West Ilsley in Berkshire.
Henry William Taunt was born in 1842 in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. He was the son of a plumber and glazier, also Henry, and his wife Martha, who came from West Ilsley in Berkshire.
Taunt set up his own studio around 1868 and there published guidebooks and postcards. For many years he lectured at the University of Oxford's annual holiday program for children. Using a ladder for height, he pho¬tographed many races on the famed river. Taunt's photographs are reproduced in many books and form a useful historical record of social history and architecture. Major collections of his work are held by English Heritage: 14,000 images, Oxfordshire County Council: Oxfordshire Studies and the River and Rowing Museum at Henley-on-Thames.[
A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. This was a substantial honour in recognition of the notable feat of cartography and accuracy of measurements that featured in the New Map of the Thames.
Taunt was a sportsman, an excellent oarsman and a cyclist.