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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

Rubber Growers' Association

From Graces Guide

Formed by British owners of rubber plantations in Ceylon and Malaysia.[1]

The Association funded a new botany building at Imperial College of Science and Technology as well as supporting latex research in their chemistry department.[2]

1947 - Chairman: Mr. W. Richards[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007 by Hannah Gay, page 225
  2. The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007 by Hannah Gay, page 74
  3. House of Commons Hansard, Volume 445, 04 December 1947