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 162,258 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.

Alfred Charles Cossor (1861-1922)

From Graces Guide

1861 Born in Islington, son of Alfred Charles Cossor and his wife Elizabeth[1]

1881 Glass blower's assistant living with his parents in Islington[2], working in his father's business Alfred Cossor and Sons

1901 Employer, manufacturer of electric lamps, living in Islington with his wife Alice Cossor 41[3]

1908 Left his father's business to found his own company A. C. Cossor, a private company. The expertise in the manufacture of electrical glassware, such as early cathode ray tubes and X-Ray tubes, allowed the company to diversify later into electronics.

1911 Retired manufacturer, visiting his brother Frank[4]

1922 Died in Fawley, Hants[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. 1881 census
  3. 1901 census
  4. 1911 census
  5. BMD