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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

John Lloyd Bentley

From Graces Guide

John Lloyd Bentley (1883-1977) F.C.S., F.Inst.F., F.F.Sc., M.R.S.T., M.I. & S.I.

1883 Born in Sheffield[1]

Sheffield Univ. (Met. Course); Apprent., Cammell, Laird and Co., Ltd. (5 years Head Office, 8 years Labs.)

Asst. Chem. Sanderson Bros., Newbould and W. Jessop & Sons

1911 Analytical chemist in Darlington[2]

By 1915 was Chief Chemist, Darlington Forge, Ltd.

1920 Chief Chemist, Redcar Works, Dorman, Long & Co.

Chief metallurgist at the Redcar works of Dorman, Long and Co

1927 Genl. Works Manager, Robt. Heath and Low Moor, Ltd.

1929 Director and Gen. Manager, Rustless Iron and Steel Corporation of America, Baltimore.

1930 Managing Director, Darlington Rustless I. & S. Co., Ltd.

1934 Consultant, S. African I. & S. Industrial Corp., Pretoria.

1935 Steel Plant Manager, Cleveland Works, Dorman, Long & Co.

1939 Chief Chemist, Cleveland Works, Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., South Bank, Yorks. Private Address: 77 Oak Road, Redcar, Yorks. Age: 54.

1977 Died in Darlington[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. 1911 census
  3. BMD