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 162,238 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Claude William Atkinson

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Claude William Atkinson (1865-1927)

Electrical and chemical engineer of South Wales.

1871 Living at Edward House, The Avenue, Beckenham, Kent: William Atkinson (age 45 born Manchester) Civil Engineer. With his four sons; Herbert Deerman Atkinson (age 8 born Builth, Brecknockshire); Llewelyn Birchall Atkinson (age 7 born Builth, Brecknockshire); Claude William Atkinson (age 5 born Beckenham, Kent); and Harold Waring Atkinson (age 2 born Beckenham, Kent). Four servants.[1]

c.1896 Working at S. Z. de Ferranti, Hollinwood[2]

1899 The Electromotors company was registered to manufacture, sell and deal in electric and other motors by arrangement with Claude W. Atkinson and William Henry Johnson[3]

1899 Catalogue produced for Atkinson's commercial laboratories for mechanical, electrical and chemical testing at Harrowby-lane Docks, Cardiff.


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Sources of Information

  1. 1871 Census
  2. Civil engineer lists
  3. The Autocar 1899/03/11