Charles Noskwith
British hosiery manufacturer
About Charles Noskwith
Lived 1888 – 1952 (aged 63–64).
Charles Henry Noskwith (1888–1952) was a British hosiery manufacturer. He founded Charnos in Ilkeston, England in 1935.
Biography He was born Chaim Noskowitz in Łódź, Poland. He married Malka Ginsberg, a fellow Jew, and together they owned a textile business in Chemnitz, Germany. They emigrated to England in 1932, and started a textile business in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The company name was derived from his Anglicised name Charles Noskwith.
Their son Rolf Noskwith, who was a Bletchley Park cryptographer during the war, joined the company in 1946, and took over when his father died in 1952.
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Who was Charles Noskwith?
British hosiery manufacturer (1888–1952)
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Charles Noskwith was born in 1888.
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Charles Noskwith died in 1952.
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