Editing Nipper (section)

== Background ==
Nipper was born in 1884 in [[Bristol]], England, and died in September 1895.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.erikoest.dk/nipper.htm|title=The History of Nipper and His Master's Voice |website= erikoest.dk}}</ref> He was likely a [[mongrel|mixed-breed dog]], although most early sources suggest that he was a [[Smooth Fox Terrier]], or perhaps a [[Jack Russell Terrier]],<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/440596.stm|title= HMV seeks budding Nipper| publisher= BBC |website= news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last= Fudge |first= Erica| title= Animal| year=2002| publisher=Reaktion| location=London|isbn=978-1-86189-134-1| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=A6aic0kCzCsC&q=nipper+dog+breed&pg=PA67|page=67}}</ref><ref name= Wrong>{{cite magazine| url= https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-wrong-dog| magazine= [[The New Yorker]] | title= The Wrong Dog| first= Roger |last= Angell| date= November 30, 2011| access-date= January 17, 2020}}</ref> or possibly "part [[Bull Terrier]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Cunliffe|first=Juliette|title=The Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds| year= 2000 |publisher= Parragon| location= Bath, England|isbn=978-0-7525-4161-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Adft4iqR4egC&q=nipper+dog+breed|page=122}}</ref> He was named Nipper because he would often "nip" at the backs of visitors' legs.<ref name="the nipper saga">{{cite web| title= the nipper saga| url= http://www.designboom.com/history/nipper.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073551/http://www.designboom.com/history/nipper.html| archive-date=24 September 2015| work= designboom.com |access-date=7 December 2011}}</ref>

Nipper originally lived with his owner, Mark Henry Barraud, in the Prince's Theatre where Barraud was a scenery designer.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of the Department of Computer Science| url=https://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/history/|access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> When Barraud died in 1887, his brothers Philip and [[Francis Barraud|Francis]] took care of the dog, then Francis took Nipper to Liverpool, and later to Mark's widow  in [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[London]]. Nipper died of natural causes in 1895 and was buried in Kingston upon Thames at Clarence Street, in a small park surrounded by [[magnolia]] trees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cross |first=Alan |date=2017-10-08 |title=The Story of Little Nipper, the Dog Who Was Fascinated by the Sound of a Gramophone {{!}} Alan Cross |url=https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/story-little-nipper-dog-fascinated-sound-gramophone/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things |language=en-ca}}</ref>