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William Cadell
William Archibald Cadell of Cockenzie (1708–1777) was a Scottish industrialist, one of the pioneers of the industrial revolution on the Firth of Forth. He was a member of a merchant family involved in the import of iron from Russia and Sweden. He and his son, also William (baptised 1737, died 1819R. H. Campbell, 'Garbett, Samuel (1717–1803)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200retrieved 29 July 2012/ref>), were founders with Samuel Garbett and John Roebuck, of the Carron Iron Works, in 1759, originally known as Roebuck, Garbett & Cadells. His daughter Christian Cadell married Thomas Edington (1742-1811) who became joint proprietor at Cramond Iron Works before establishing his own independent company in Glasgow in 1797: Thomas Edington & Son. Their grandson was the geologist Thomas Edington FRSE (1814-1859).Graces Guide: Thomas Edington & Son His great-great-grandson was the geologist Henry Cadell Dr Henry Moubray Cadell of Grange, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carron Iron Works
The Carron Company was an ironworks established in 1759 on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, Scotland. After initial problems, the company was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom. The company prospered through its development and production of a new short-range and short-barrelled naval cannon, the carronade. The company was one of the largest iron works in Europe through the 19th century. After 223 years, the company became insolvent in 1982 and was later acquired by the Franke Corporation, being rebranded Carron Phoenix. Early years The original founders of the Carron Works were: John Roebuck, a medical doctor and chemist from Sheffield; his two brothers, Thomas Roebuck and Ebenezer Roebuck; Samuel Garbett, a merchant from Birmingham; William Cadell, Senior, an industrialist from a merchant family, from Cockenzie, East Lothian; his son, William Cadell, Junior; and John Cadell. The factory of "Roebuck, Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Edington
Thomas Edington FRSE FGS MWS (1814–1859) was a Scottish foundry owner and important amateur geologist and mineralogist. He was proprietor of Thomas Edington & Son. Life He was born in Glasgow the eldest son of Thomas Edington of Glasgow (1783-1841) also a keen mineralogist and member of the Geological Society of London, after whom Edingtonite is named. He published the obituary of his father in 1841 and speculated as to the fate of his large mineral collection. His mother was Anne Storey Grey. He had six siblings. Edington’s grandfather Thomas Edington (1742-1811) was founder of Thomas Edington and Sons (also known as the Phoenix Foundry or Phoenix Works) in Glasgow. Edington senior had originally worked under William Cadell at Cramond Iron Works and had married Cadell’s daughter, Christian Cadell, later co-founding the Clyde Ironworks with him. Thomas Edington & Sons began in 1797 at 52 Queen Street in Glasgow and by 1804 was a major industry, specialising in ornamental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Businesspeople
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People Associated With Falkirk (council Area)
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People From Cockenzie And Port Seton
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1777 Deaths
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1708 Births
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FRSE
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Glasgow
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Henry Cadell
Dr Henry Moubray Cadell of Grange, DL FRSE LLD (1860 – 10 April 1934) was a Scottish geologist and geographer, noted for his work on the Moine Thrust, the oil-shale fields of West Lothian, and his experiments in mountain building published in 1888. He also travelled extensively abroad, for example in 1899 he travelled the length of the Irrawaddy River in Burma. He is especially remembered for his working models, explaining geomorphology, the science relating to the folding of rock beds. He was also a competent amateur artist. Life He was born in Scotland in 1860. He was the eldest of seven children to Henry Cadell of Grange by his second wife, Jessie Gray McFarlane. His father was a mining industrialist with considerable lands and company interests in Linlithgowshire and Stirlingshire. He was raised at the family home of Grange House (built 1564) near Bo'ness. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh (studying geology under Archibald Geikie from 1878 to 1881) and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roebuck
John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE (1718 – 17 July 1794) was an English inventor and industrialist who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid. Life and work John Roebuck was born in Sheffield, where his father, also John Roebuck, had a prosperous manufacturing business. After attending Sheffield Grammar School and Dr. Philip Doddridge's academy at Northampton, Roebuck studied medicine at Edinburgh, where he developed a taste for chemistry from the lectures of William Cullen and Joseph Black. He finally graduated M.D. at the University of Leiden in 1742. Roebuck started medical practice at Birmingham, but devoted much of his time to chemistry, especially its practical applications. Among the most important of his early achievements in this field was the introduction, in 1746, of leaden condensing chambers for the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Together with Samuel Garbett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett (1717– 5 December 1803R. H. Campbell, ‘Garbett, Samuel (1717–1803)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 29 July 2012/ref>) was a prominent citizen of Birmingham England, during the industrial revolution, and a friend of Matthew Boulton. Historian Carl Chinn argues that he: Garbett's education extended: Garbett was employed by a London merchant named Hollis, as his agent for purchasing goods in Birmingham. In that role, he came: He married Anne Clay (d. 1772) of Aston in August 1735. He then made his fortune as a merchant in his own right, before entering partnership with Dr John Roebuck to set up a laboratory in Steelhouse Lane where precious metals were refined and assayed; a manufacturing centre for sulphuric acid in Prestonpans in 1749; and, with others, the Carron Iron Works, in Scotland, in 1760, in which the two Birmingham men each held a 25% share. He also chaired, from January 1788, a Birmingham c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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