George Richards Elkington
1801–65
Manufacturer. Based in Birmingham. Inherited a gilt toy and spectacle manufactory around 1824 and continued in business until 1840. Patented an electroplating process and formed a partnership with Josiah Mason in 1842 for the production of silver-plated goods, especially cutlery. Ended the partnership and renamed the firm Elkington and Company, 1861. By the mid 1860s, the firm was one of the largest silver-plating companies in the world.
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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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