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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2849
TitleJohn A Dunning of Pinxton, and India (fl 1938-1964), works chemist
Date1938-1964
DescriptionPapers of John Albert Dunning, covering his career as a works chemist in India, and later at the Pinxton Coking Plant, Derbyshire in the 1950s and 1960s. Includes household accounts and personal papers from his time in Hirapur, Bengal, India, 1930s-1940s, and for the Pinxton Coke Works, 1950s, and International Combustion, Derby, 1960s.
Extent0.5 box
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorJohn A Dunning of Pinxton, and India (fl 1938-1964), works chemist
Administrative HistoryJohn Albert Dunning trained as a works chemist with the Consett Iron Company in County Durham. In 1938 he was appointed shift manager at the Indian Iron & Steel Company's works at Hirapur in Bengal. At that time, it was the second largest plant in the British Empire. Mr Dunning left India in 1948 'because of its unsettled conditions' and returned to England. In May 1951 he became manager of Pinxton Coking Plant, a post he held until closure of the plant in January 1955.
Custodial HistoryDonated to Derbyshire Record Office by a private individual in 1985.
TermColonialism
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