Edward Ball Knobel
1841–1930
Chemist and astronomer. Manager and chief dye chemist to Courtaulds, 1875–92. Director of the photographic materials manufacturer, Britannia Works Company Ltd (Ilford Ltd from 1900), 1893–4; managing director, 1895–1907. Made substantial contributions to astronomy in his spare time. Served on the council of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, 1876–1930; president, 1892–3 and 1900–1.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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