Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,270 pages of information and 246,082 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.
John Newton Cooper (1923-2000), racing car engineer
1923 born in Kingston upon Thames, the son of Charles Newton Cooper, motor engineer, and Violet Elsie (née Paul).
Educated at Surbiton county school
c.1938 Apprenticed to one of his father's toolmaking companies.
He moved on to another company specializing in naval equipment
WWII Aircraft instrument maker, serving in the RAF in 1944–5.
1968 Technical Director Cooper Car Co
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