Charles Henry Parker
From Graces Guide
c.1874 Born, son of Thomas Parker
Thomas Parker invented the smokeless fuel Coalite in 1904. The Low Temperature Carbonisation Company, which produced Coalite, was run by Thomas's son, Charles.
1910 Thomas Parker and his son C. H. Parker established Court Works Ltd., a foundry firm specializing in iron castings for the electrical industry.
1925 Charles Parker sold Court Works Ltd to Rootes Bros[1].
1936 On 14th January, Thomas Parker was posthumously awarded a gold medal by the Smoke Abatement Society for his invention of Coalite. The medal was presented to his son Charles, on his father's behalf, by Dr. H.A. des Voeux, president of the society, at a luncheon in London[2]
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