| 词条 | John Henry Cordner-James |
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John Henry Cordner-James (b.1858 Redruth, Cornwall, UK, d.1946 Aldeburgh Suffolk, UK) was a leading English businessman of the early 20th Century and a mining pioneer with global interests. Born in 1858 as John Henry James, the son of Abraham Trewantha James & Johanna Grey, he changed his name by adding Cordner, ostensibly to differentiate himself from siblings William James and Alfred James in his family firm, James Bros. He developed a prolific career as a gold mining engineer and consultant, travelling[1] extensively to Russia, Australia, South America and South Africa, and was one of the first owners of a motor car in England. In South Africa, Cordner-James notably formed the Gold Recovery Syndicate to acquire the patent rights to practice the MacArthur-Forrest gold cyanidation mining process in 1922.[2] In Australia he had various business interests with fellow director of the Oroya-Brownhill mining company, future US President Herbert Hoover.[3] In 1912 he was elected to the position of Vice President of the English Council of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.[4] At the outbreak of World War One, he purchased future Beatles recording studio Abbey Road Studios, London, which he retained until 1929.[5] Cordner-James suffered from arthritis towards the end of his life and in 1934 at the age of 76 built a new home near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on account of its private location and low rainfall, which he lived in until his death in 1946. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://greencardorganization.com/|title=Home {{!}} Green Card Organization|website=greencardorganization.com|access-date=2019-01-14}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordner, John}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Mining Magazine 1922|url=http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Mining_Magazine_1922_v26_1400032612/25|accessdate=1/10/2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Australian mining and metallurgy 1907|url=https://archive.org/stream/australianmining00claruoft#page/n17/mode/2up/}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=The Mining Magazine, Volume VI, 1912|url=https://archive.org/stream/miningmagazine06londuoft#page/12/mode/2up/|accessdate=1/10/2014}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Abbey Road: The Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0711991118}} 4 : 1858 births|1946 deaths|British mining businesspeople|People from Redruth |
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