Description | Papers 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. |
Administrative History | John Albert Dunning trained as a works chemist with the Consett Iron Company in Co. 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 History | Donated to Derbyshire Record Office by a private individual in 1985. |