Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,504 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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Sir Henry De La Beche was a leading Chemist.
1835 First director general of the Geological Survey
1851 Opened the school of instruction in Mining and Metallurgy (later part of the Royal School of Mines); it was located in the new buildings of the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
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