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Charles Frank (born, Vilkomir, 1865 — 1959) was an optical and scientific instrument maker from Glasgow, Scotland. Charles Frank was born in Vilkomir, Lithuania in 1865. By 1910 he had immigrated to Glasgow and set himself up first as a mechanic. After a few years he married another immigrant, Miriam Lipetz, and eventually opened a shop at 67, Saltmarket〔A Photograph can be seen at (The Life of Hannah Frank )〕 for the design, sale and repair of photographic and scientific apparatus. Over the following half century it was to become one of the best-known photographic centers in the city and ''a byword for excellence in cameras and watches''.〔Quotation from The Herald Newspaper: (Hannah Frank Obituary, 2008 )〕 At some later stage the business expanded into a second premises located in Glasgow town centre at Ingram Street. This became a more upmarket showroom for the sale of his scientific instruments. A number of pieces from his optical instrument collection were placed on display there. Like many Jewish immigrants to Glasgow he settled in the Lauriston district of the Gorbals, first at 104 South Portland Street and then at 28 Abbotsford Place in 1917. A year or so later Frank moved south to 72 Dixon Avenue in Crosshill, an area popular with up-and-coming Jewish families and which, like the Gorbals, had its share of synagogues and kosher shops. Around 1950 Frank moved to Giffnock, to spend his old age in the growing Jewish community there. ==Family== Charles and Miriam Frank had four children, Leo, Hannah, Arthur and Morris.〔 Hannah Frank graduated in 1930 from the University of Glasgow, became a teacher and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. A talented artist, she became a sculptor and continued to work in this medium, to critical acclaim, until the eve of her 90th birthday. Arthur Frank〔A Photograph of Arthur Frank exists in the (SCRAN Database ) Title: Arthur Frank in his optical glass and telescope business, SCRAN ID: 000-000-536-075-C, Resource Rights Holder: The Scotsman Publications Ltd.〕 took over his father's business and ran it successfully until the mid-1970s. The business was sold when Arthur Frank's wife Doris became ill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Frank (instrument maker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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