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Chance, Sir James Timmins, first baronet (1814–1902), glass manufacturer and lighthouse engineer  

Charles Welch

revised by Anita McConnell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Chance, Sir James Timmins, first baronet (1814–1902), glass manufacturer and lighthouse engineer, was born in Birmingham on 22 March 1814, the eldest of the six sons of William Chance (1788–1856), merchant and glass manufacturer, of Spring Grove, Birmingham, and his wife, Phoebe (...

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Turner, William Ernest Stephen (1881–1963), chemist and glass technologist  

R. W. Douglas

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Turner, William Ernest Stephen (1881–1963), chemist and glass technologist, was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire on 22 September 1881, the eldest son and second of the seven children of William George Turner and his wife, Emma Blanche Gardner, daughter of a London tradesman. His father worked, successively, as a railway porter, signalman, ironworks labourer, postman, and industrial insurance agent; he also served, throughout his working life, as deacon and elder in the ...