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Edmund Knowles Muspratt
Born son of James Muspratt, prominent in the chemical industry
1872 Birth of son Max Muspratt at Seaforth Hall.
1890 Largely responsible for the merger of some fifty firms that led to the formation of the United Alkali Co, an attempt (ultimately unsuccessful) to make the Leblanc process competitive with Solvay's ammonia-soda process.
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