John Dixon Kendall
1848–1928
Mining engineer. Experienced in iron-ore mining in north-east England. Fellow of the Geological Society of London, 1874. Member of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 1874. Manager of Salter Hall Mining Company, Cumberland, 1879. Resigned as manager of Postlethwaite’s Moor Row mines, Cumberland, to open an office in London, in 1896.
Sources
BMD (Birth index, Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/5173/76/12)
NUC
Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1874–5 p. xii
Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers (1874–5)
Whitehaven News, 20 November 1879, 16 April 1896
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
NUC: The national union catalog. Pre-1956 imprints. 685 vols. and supplement (69 vols.). London and Chicago: Mansell. 1968–81.
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