Name: Charles Alfred Pillsbury. Birth: 3 October 1842 in Warner, New Hampshire. Death: 17 September 1899 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Education: He attended a village school until he was 12 years old and then went to a city school in Concord, New Hampshire, where he graduated from aged 16. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1863 after spending four years…
The Duffield Family Collection is comprised of a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings collected by W. L. Duffield during his lifetime. These articles, collected mainly from The Miller and Milling during the period 1885-1915, help reveal what concerns millers had during the transition to roller machinery that took place during the end of the 19th century. Also preserved is an article…
Birth: 28 March 1854 in Hull, England. Death: 13 November 1943 in Surrey, England. Education: Went to a small private school at Swinefleet near Goole. Left school aged 14 and went to work in his father’s mill. Occupation: Miller; Businessman; Philanthropist. Notable Accomplishments: Founder of Joseph Rank Ltd. which was at one point Britain’s largest flour milling company. Opened…
The Cornwell Collection contains items created or collected by the Cornwell family. This family had a long association with milling that started with William Cornwell in the 19th century and continued down through to his sons and grandsons. The history of William Cornwell, including his association with the Sun Flour Company, is preserved through the items…
Birth: 7 June 1835 in Brieg, Silesia. Death: 22 July 1899 in Manchester, England. Education: Engineering diploma from the Swiss Federal Technical College in Zurich. Occupation: Engineer Notable Accomplishments: Founded Henry Simon Ltd., producer of roller mill machinery. Installed the first complete roller mill plant in Britain for MacDougall Brothers in 1878. By 1892 had built over 400 mills in the…
Birth: 22 July 1843 in Lauder, Scotland. Death: January 1920 in Milwaukee. Education: His family moved to Canada and from the age of 11 attended school during the winter months. Aged 17, he learnt the millwright trade. Occupation: Engineer and Mill Builder Notable Accomplishments: He worked for Otis A. Pray from 1866 onwards, and became head draughtsman and milling engineer…
Birth: 20 July 1839 in Milan. Death: 5 June 1899 in Zurich. Education: Attended the Technical School at Basle and the Polytechnic School in Zurich. Occupation: Engineer Notable Accomplishments: Founded the firm of Daverio, Sievert and Giesker in 1868 but then set out on his own in 1872. Had been involved in the development of the Wegmann roller miller but…
Birth: 1840 in Brighton. Death: 22 April 1906 in Worthing. Education: Educated in a private school at Lewes. Served an apprenticeship at a mill in Twineham under Mr. Charles Packham. Occupation: Miller; Milling Engineer Notable Accomplishments: Worked in mills in Essex, Surrey, and Ireland. Set up a mill furnishing business with his brother in 1873. After visiting Vienna in 1877,…
Birth: 1856 in Wiltshire. Death: 13 January 1936 in Gloucester. Education: Left school before the age of fourteen, and went to work in a watermill. Passed the City and Guilds examination in milling, with 1st Class Honours, in 1883. Qualified as a teacher in 1885. Occupation: Joint managing director of J. Reynolds & Co. Ltd; Teacher; Author. Notable Accomplishments: Worked…
Birth: 20th January 1829, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire. Death: 6th December 1894 in Leytonstone, Essex. Occupation: Mill Furnisher; Publisher Notable Accomplishments: Entered into a mill-furnishing business with his uncle, Henry Clarke, c.1860, where they produced millstone balances. In 1875 he founded the journal, The Miller, due to ‘the absence in this country of a ‘class’ journal, exclusively devoted to millers’. He…
