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Muspratt Family
Muspratt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Members of one family: *James Muspratt, a chemical industrialist whose four sons who also worked in the chemical industry: *James Sheridan Muspratt, who moved into academic chemistry *Richard Muspratt, who was also a local politician in Flint, North Wales *Frederic Muspratt *Edmund Knowles Muspratt, also an MP and a local politician *Max Muspratt, son of Edmund Knowles Muspratt *Muspratt Baronets Other people with the same surname include: *Helen Muspratt, photographer (Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge) *Keith Muspratt, pilot in 56 Squadron in World War I *General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Military Secretary to the India Office *Shane Muspratt, North Queensland Cowboys rugby league player *E. J. Muspratt, architect based in Chester *Lesley Margaret Muspratt married A. D. H. Bivar *Julian Muspratt, member of the Australian Olympic water polo team *John Petty Muspratt, British East India Company director *William Muspratt, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Muspratt
James Muspratt (12 August 1793 – 4 May 1886) was a British Chemical substance, chemical manufacturer who was the first to make alkali by the Leblanc process on a large scale in the United Kingdom. Early life James Muspratt was born in Dublin of English parents, the youngest of three children. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a wholesale Dispensing chemist, druggist, but his father died in 1810 and his mother soon afterwards.Trevor I. Williams, (2004‘Muspratt, James (1793–1886)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press Retrieved on 9 March 2007 He left Dublin and in 1812 he went to Spain to take part in the Peninsular War. He followed the British army on foot into the interior, was laid up with fever at Madrid, and, narrowly escaping capture by the French, succeeded in making his way to Lisbon where he joined the navy. After taking part in the blockade of Brest, France, Brest he deserted because of the harshness of the discipline. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sheridan Muspratt
James Sheridan Muspratt FRSE FRSD (8 March 1821 – 3 February 1871) was an Irish-born research chemist and teacher. His most influential publication was his two-volume book ''Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical and Analytical as applied and relating to the Arts and Manufactures'' (1857–1860). Life James Sheridan Muspratt was born in Dublin and moved to Liverpool with his parents when he was one year old. His father, James Muspratt, was one of the biggest industrial chemicals manufacturers in the UK between 1825 and 1850. James Sheridan Muspratt attended private schools in Bootle, Merseyside, and then went with tutors to travel on the European continent. Beginning in 1836, he studied chemistry under Thomas Graham at Anderson's University in Glasgow and then moved with Graham to University College London. In 1841, his father sent him to Philadelphia to manage the Muspratt business interests there but these were unsuccessful. Muspratt's father had met and become friends with J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Muspratt
Richard Muspratt (13 August 1822 – 18 August 1885) was a chemical industrialist. Richard Muspratt was born in Dublin, Ireland, the second son of James Muspratt and his wife Julia Josephine née Connor. His father was also a chemical industrialist who had established factories in Liverpool, St Helens and Newton-le-Willows. Richard was sent by his father to study chemistry under Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. In 1852 with financial support from his father he set up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint, North Wales, in partnership with John Kingsby Huntley and set up a permanent home there. In 1843 he married Jane Moon from Manchester. They had three sons and a daughter. Muspratt took an interest in local politics, was a J.P. and in 1857 was elected mayor of Flint. In all he was mayor 9 times and in 1877 his wife presented a chain of office A livery collar or chain of office is a collar or heavy chain, usually of gold, wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Muspratt
Frederic Muspratt (2 February 1825 – November 1872) was a chemist and industrialist who established a chemical factory in Widnes, Lancashire, England. He was born in Liverpool, the third son of James Muspratt and his wife Julia Josephine née Connor. His father was also a chemical industrialist who had established factories in Liverpool, St Helens and Newton-le-Willows. Richard was sent by his father to study chemistry under Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. In 1852 with financial support from his father he set up a factory in Wood End, Widnes, manufacturing alkali by the Leblanc process. Frederic was frequently absent from the factory and in 1867 its management was taken over by his father until this was passed to Frederic's younger brother, Edmund Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Knowles Muspratt
Edmund Knowles Muspratt (6 November 1833 – 1 September 1923) was an English chemical industrialist. Early life and background Edmund Knowles Muspratt was born in Seaforth, near Liverpool, England, the fourth and youngest son of James Muspratt and his wife Julia Josephine née Connor. His father was also a chemical industrialist who had established factories in Liverpool, St Helens and Newton-le-Willows. He was educated at the Pestalozzian Institute at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was then sent by his father to study chemistry under Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. When Liebig moved to the University of Munich in 1852, Muspratt went with him and studied medicine thereTrevor I. Williams (2004) 'Muspratt, Edmund Knowles (1833–1923)', rev., ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University PresRetrieved on 2 July 2007 where he gained the degree of PhD He then returned to Liverpool to work with his father in his busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Muspratt
Sir Max Muspratt, 1st Baronet (3 February 1872 – 20 April 1934) was a British chemist and a politician in the city of Liverpool, England. Early life and education He was born at Seaforth Hall, Seaforth, Lancashire, the son of Edmund Knowles Muspratt and his wife Frances Jane Baines. He was one of eight children and a brother of Suffragists Nessie Stewart-Brown and Julia Solly. He was an uncle of Nelia Penman, who served as President of the Women's Liberal Federation. The Muspratt family were originally from Dublin but moved to Liverpool in 1822 when James Muspratt, the father of Edmund, established a chemical factory in Vauxhall Road.Trevor I. Williams, (2004) 'Muspratt, James (1793–1886)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University PressRetrieved on 9 March 2007. Muspratt was educated at a private school in Hemel Hempstead and at Clifton College before studying industrial chemistry at Zürich Polytechnic. United Alkali Muspratt joined the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Muspratt
Helen Margaret Muspratt (13 May 1907 – 29 July 2001) was a British photographer. Early life and education Born in Madras, India, to British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Edward Muspratt and his wife, Lily May, née Hope. She studied photography at Regent Street Polytechnic. Photography career Muspratt opened a photography studio in Swanage, Dorset in 1929. In 1932, she met Lettice Ramsey, and together they opened the Ramsey & Muspratt studio in Cambridge. Early in her career, Muspratt pursued both portraiture (especially of children) and experimental work; her solarization studies were influenced by the American artist Man Ray. Her documentary work included travel to the Soviet Union in 1936 to photograph farmers and villagers along the Volga; upon her return, she joined the Communist Party in Britain. Commissioned by the Left Book Club in 1937, she photographed miners and unemployed labourers in the Rhondda valley in south Wales. In 1937, she opened a second Ramsey & Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Muspratt
Captain Keith Knox Muspratt (22 December 1897 – 16 March 1918) was an English First World War flying ace in the Royal Flying Corps with eight victories to his name. Biography Early life and background Keith Muspratt was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, the youngest of three sons of Charles Drummond Muspratt, MD (1859–1927), a surgeon, and his wife Mabel, the daughter of the Right Honourable Sir H. Knox. His older brother Captain Terence Petty Muspratt, MC, of the Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action on 29 May 1918, aged 22, and is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France. Muspratt was educated at Wychwood School in Bournemouth, and in 1911, aged 14, was sent to Sherborne School, Dorset. There he was a school prefect, played football for his house, and was commissioned as a cadet officer in the Junior Division of the Officers' Training Corps. Muspratt began to learn to fly while still at school, mainly during the holidays, attending the Ruffy-Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Sir Sydney Muspratt
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. French Revolutionary system Arab system Other variations Other nomenclatures for general officers include the titles and ranks: * Adjutant general * Commandant-general * Inspector general * General-in-chief * General of the Air Force (USAF only) * General of the Armies of the United States (of America), a title created for General John J. Pershing, and subsequently granted posthumously to George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant * (" general admiral" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Muspratt
Shane Muspratt (born 13 April 1979 in Ayr, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. Playing career Muspratt made his first grade debut for North Queensland in round 24 of the 1999 NRL season against the Auckland Warriors. He played off the bench in their 40-14 loss. After 53 games for the North Queensland club, Muspratt signed for Parramatta. He made six appearances for the club as they failed to make the finals. In 2005, Muspratt returned to North Queensland. Muspratt's final game for the club was their 2007 preliminary final loss to Manly. Muspratt also played for the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league, rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League, Queensland Rugby .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Margaret Muspratt
Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution * Lesley, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth People Given name * Lesley Arfin (born 1979), American author * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume (b. 1975), American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |