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About Stephen Philip de Laszlo
STEPHEN PHILIP DE LASZLO
1904-1939
Taken from a letter written by Philip de L.- Putney, 7th December 1995 & conversations with DP de L thereafter.
Born in 1904 in Vienna, second of the five sons of Philip Alexius de László and his wife Lucy Guinness. The artist and his wife brought their young family to live in London in 1907, having taken a house in Regent’s Park. Stephen attended Twyford Preparatory School and went on to Rugby where he excelled at rugger and busied himself making radios. Later he studied in Zurich.
On January 14th 1931, he married Edith Alexandra (Diana) von Versen, elder daughter of Baroness Versen of Lancaster Gate, London. They had one son, Philip, born in 1934. Stephen and his wife were great socialites and distinguished and amusing hosts at their frequent parties. Apparently he was a very funny man, always playing practical jokes on people. He and his younger brother Patrick set up a company called Hivac together, making and developing miniature radio valves. Although the business was not a financial success, it was later sold to Marconi, who continued to make the valves and supply them to the radio industry. Later these miniature valves were to become a vital part of portable radio equipment (for field transmitters and receivers) in the wartime effort. He also founded and retained a large sharehold in a company called Celestion which made loudspeakers. He was managing director at the time of his death, after which his brother Patrick took over. Stephen spent a few years in Boston working on electronics with the Raytheon company during the early 1930's. Here he increased his knowledge in decreasing the size of electronic components.
On the 30th December 1938, he suffered a fatal car accident, skidding on ice into the path of a lorry at the corner on the London to Newmarket road at Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire. His wife died immediately, and he eight days later, aged only thirty-three on 7th January 1939 in Addenbrook’s Hospital, Cambridge. They are both buried in Tilford Churchyard in Surrey, beside the graves of his parents and other family members.
Also See Egami or 4340.doc
Photograph of Stephen taken from photograph of portrait by his father Philip de Laszlo.
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Stephen Philip de Laszlo's Timeline
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1904
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Vienna
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1939
Age 35
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England (United Kingdom)
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