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 174,204 pages of information and 250,321 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.

R. M. Wynne-Edwards

From Graces Guide
1947.

1947 Bio Note. [1]

Mr. WYNNE-EDWARDS was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a B.A. degree with 2nd Class Honours in engineering.

He subsequently went to Canada where he remained for thirteen years engaged in various large civil engineering projects.

In 1935 he returned to England and later became agent for Messrs. John Mowlem and Company, on the construction of the new Metropolitan Water Board Reservoir at Chingford.

In 1940 he was seconded to the Ministry of Works and was Director of Plant until 1945 when he joined Richard Costain, Ltd.


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1947 IMechE Proceedings