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.

Paul Freedman

From Graces Guide

Paul Freedman B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E.,

1896 Born in Russia[1]

Educated at the Grammar School, Stoke Newington, followed by Elect. Eng. Course at Queen Mary Coll. (then known as East London College), Univ. of London.

1915 Student member of IEE

1916-26 Edison Swan Co., first as Research Worker, developed and manufactured "Pointolite" lamps; then Head of Physical Laboratory; finally Head of Physical and Chemical Laboratories.

1919 Gained the first of more than 50 patents, this on gas-filled electric lamps

1926-28 Physical Engineer with Graham Amplion

1928-30 Consulting Engr., Celestion Ltd.

1930-33 Managing Director, radio valve co., later known as High Vacuum Valve Co.

1933-36 Consulting Engineer specialising in Thermionic Valves, Discharge Lamps, other Electronic Devices, Photometry and High Vacuum Technique generally. Over 40 patents in these and other fields.

1939 Research Engineer., Crompton Parkinson Ltd., Industrial Development Laboratories, 55 Britton Street, E.C.1.

1939 Chartered Electrical Engineer, Physicist, Head of Research Laboratory, lived in Hornsey[2]

1950 Died in London[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 census
  2. 1939 register
  3. national probate calendar