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WATT, William Robert (1888 - 1949), Deputy Managing Director and Vice-Chairman of Directors, British India Corporation Ltd; Hon. Adviser to Government of India, Woollen Industry, 1939–46

BINNS, Frank (1898 - 1954), Chairman, Managing Director or Director of a number of Companies in the Woollen and Worsted Textile Industry and of Agricultural Estates in Yorkshire

WATERMAN, Ewen McIntyre (1901 - 1982), Chairman, Onkaparinga Woollen Co. Ltd; former Director: Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd; F. & T. Industries Ltd; Waterman Brothers Holdings Pty Ltd; B.E.A. Motors Pty Ltd

BEAUMONT, Roberts (1862 - 1922), Professor of Textile Industries, Leeds University, 1889–1913; founder of the Departments of Woollen and Worsted Yarn Manufacture (English and Continental Systems), of the Clothworkers’ Museums, and of the Textile Research and Analytical Laboratories, also reorganiser of the Departments of Textile Design, Manufacture, and Fabric Finishing

 

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This responded early to the possibilities presented by water power, and the fulling mill, introduced in the late 12th cent., spread widely thereafter, although hand-finishing of cloth survived in remote ...

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