Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Arthur Gascoyne Robson

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Arthur Gascoyne Robson ( -1940)


1940 Obituary [1]

ARTHUR GASCOYNE ROBSON served his apprenticeship in Portsmouth Dockyard, subsequently passing to the drawing office, where he remained until 1909. From that year until his death, which occurred on 20th April 1940, he was a Master at the London County Council Beaufoy Institute, where he taught engineering subjects and also acted as Appointments Master.

Mr. Robson was the author of several textbooks, amongst which his "Engineering Workshop Principles and Practice" is perhaps the best known. He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1917.


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