James Charnock
English mechanical engineer active in the industrialisation of the Russia cotton industry
About James Charnock
Lived 1851 – 1899 (aged 47–48). James Charnock was a mechanical engineer.
James Charnock (18 March 1851 – 28 May 1899) was an English mechanical engineer who spent much of his career in the Russian Empire. His nephew Clement Charnock and great-nephew Harry Charnock later joined him in the Russian Empire.
James studied at St Johns school, Dukinfield, and Stalybridge Mechanical Institute, whilst also working for Edward Sidebottom and Son company. Then at the age of 16 he was recommended by Platt Brothers to De Jersey & Co. to go and work as an engineer in Imperial Russia.
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English mechanical engineer active in the industrialisation of the Russia cotton industry
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James Charnock was born in 1851.
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James Charnock died in 1899.
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James Charnock was a mechanical engineer.
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