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 167,675 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Edward Leslie Champness

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Edward Leslie Champness

Managing Director, Palmers Hebburn Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne.

Career:

  • Education - Barnard Castle and Durham University.
  • Apprenticeship with Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend, and later Assistant Manager with same firm.
  • 1915-19 Assistant Constructor, Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.
  • 1919-23 Head of Marine Dept., Cardiff Technial College, and Consulting Naval Architect.
  • 1923-33 Assistant General Manager, Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Ltd.

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