Coal merchant and co-founder of Rotary International.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Coal merchant and co-founder of Rotary International.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Silvester Schiele
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions...
Born Giovanni Maria Emilio in Switzerland, son of Agostino, of the Gatti family. Barrister, with inherited business interests in the theatre and electrical power supply. Westminster councillor fr...
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Theatre, Switzerland
Paper manufacturer and Weslian preacher. Born Devon. Established a newsprint manufacturing company in Kent in 1894. By 1965 this had grown to be the Reed Group and in 1993 it merged to become R...
Retailer. Born at Town Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. He worked in several drapery firms before opening his own business at number 132 (later 286) Oxford Street in 1864. In 1906 he walked from h...
The bookseller and author who, in 1763, introduced Dr Samuel Johnson to James Boswell at his house in Russell Street. He took to bookselling after failing as an actor.
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