1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ELKINGTON, GEORGE RICHARDS (1801-1865), founder of the electroplating industry in England, was born in Birmingham on the 1 7th of October 1801, the son of a spectacle manufacturer. Apprenticed to his uncle?, silver platers in Birmingham, he became, on their death, sole proprietor of the business, but subsequently took his cousin, Henry Elkington, into partnership. The science of electrometallurgy was then in its infancy, but the Elkingtons were quick to recognize its possibilities. They had already taken out certai…
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