Thomas Maltby Clague
Thomas Maltby Clague (c1859-1938) of Proctor, Son and Clague
1911 Residing at 5 Saville Row, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Thomas Maltby Clague (age 52 born Douglas, IoM), Chemist. With his wife Florence Annie and two sons (both chemists).[1]
'He was an authority in the world of pharmacy and a pioneer in X-ray technique. Thomas Maltby Clague we learn, in his younger days was apprenticed to a chemist in Douglas, Isle of man. He then went to London where he was an assistant in a prominent firm making pharmaceutical preparations. From the great city he went to Leamington Spa attracted no doubt by the mineral springs there. By this time Thomas Clague had advanced far in his business approach to chemistry and he joined with Barnard Simpson Proctor as Proctor, Son and Clague with premises in Grey Street, Newcastle. In 1912 he joined his business with that of George Weddell and the firm’s name became Mawson and Proctor Ltd Says his potted biography: “He took a prominent share in pharmaceutical matters of the city and was a pioneer in X-ray work on the North East Coast”. X-rays were first discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Konrad Von Rontgen a German physicist who named them so to express his lack of knowledge on their nature. Nevertheless he had made an outstanding discovery that was to prove of great help in medical research. Many followed in this field which in the early days was attended much risk because repeated exposure to the new rays caused a cancerous disease. Thomas Clague was highly respected in the North East for his unselfish and untiring work in X-ray progress He had man business interests including a directorship of [Cerebos| Cerebos Ltd]].'[2]