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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

William Thomas Berger

From Graces Guide

William Thomas Berger (1815-1899) born the son of Samuel Berger, was a Christian starch manufacturer in London and owner of Samuel Berger and Co, a patent rice starch manufacturer, who became the first home (England) director of the China Inland Mission with James Hudson Taylor in 1865 at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England.

He also wrote a newspaper and sent missionaries to China and other parts of the world.

1899 January 9th - Died in Cannes, France and is buried beside his wife.

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