in Britain south of the Firth of Forth during the Iron age and the Roman
occupation.
3. From; https://www.chilternsaonb.org/uploads/files/AboutTheChilterns/People_
and_History/PDFs/HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf.
4. The ‘Quaker’s vault’ at Holy Trinity was constructed by Thomas Penn, one
of the Quaker’s sons. Only a church whose patron and vicar fully accepted
the family’s claim to kinship with the Penns of Penn would have allowed him
the privilege of such a major and disruptive undertaking. But see also Green,
op. cit. (note 5).
5. I am grateful to Miles Green for this information from his book William
Penn and Quaker links with Penn Parish. published by the Penn and Tylers
Green Residents Society, (2009). A catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library. ISBN 9780955579820.
6. Bruce Grant, Arthur and Eric: An Anglo-Australian Story from the Journal of
Arthur Hickman, Heinemann, (1977). ISBN-10 0855610417 ISBN-13
978-0855610418.
7. Much of what follows here is due to three articles chronicling Muspratt’s life
written in the Bucks Free Press between 26 August 1988 and 09 September
1988, kindly passed to me by Mr. Christopher White, a close friend of the
Muspratt.
8. A tradition crafted largely by Oscar’s cousin Sir Max Muspratt, who—by the
time Robert met Oscar—had been MP for Cheshire, Lord Mayor of
Liverpool, lead engineer of the Mersey Tunnel Project, President of the
Federation of British Industries and a founder member of the British
industrial giant Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). The chemistry thread
indeed ran deep and profound, and Muspratt was able to attend university
because of the assistance of Sir Max who expected him to return to the UK
and follow in his footsteps. (Taken from an address ‘Whither Penn?’, made by
Muspratt on 13 November 1965 at the public launching of the
Penn-Pennsylvania Trust in Holy Trinity. Courtesy of the Archives of the
Trust.
9. Service No.178168 from the London Gazette, p. 2093, 11 April 1941.
10. From, ‘Is this the time to put this sorry story to rest?’, Keighley News, at
http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/441799.print/.
11. Reported in the local newspaper the Bucks Examiner, Friday 25 March 1983.
12. Letters and documents regarding the Exhibition and Robert’s engagement
with it were kindly supplied by John Herrick, Rory Cook and Shani Davis of
the National Science Museum through a ‘freedom of information’ request
made by the author by email, (April 2011).
13. Staff at the time are described in, P. Morris, The Image of Chemistry Presented
by the Science Museum, London, in the 20th Century: An International
Perspective, freely available at http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/12-2/
morris.pdf.
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occupation.
3. From; https://www.chilternsaonb.org/uploads/files/AboutTheChilterns/People_
and_History/PDFs/HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf.
4. The ‘Quaker’s vault’ at Holy Trinity was constructed by Thomas Penn, one
of the Quaker’s sons. Only a church whose patron and vicar fully accepted
the family’s claim to kinship with the Penns of Penn would have allowed him
the privilege of such a major and disruptive undertaking. But see also Green,
op. cit. (note 5).
5. I am grateful to Miles Green for this information from his book William
Penn and Quaker links with Penn Parish. published by the Penn and Tylers
Green Residents Society, (2009). A catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library. ISBN 9780955579820.
6. Bruce Grant, Arthur and Eric: An Anglo-Australian Story from the Journal of
Arthur Hickman, Heinemann, (1977). ISBN-10 0855610417 ISBN-13
978-0855610418.
7. Much of what follows here is due to three articles chronicling Muspratt’s life
written in the Bucks Free Press between 26 August 1988 and 09 September
1988, kindly passed to me by Mr. Christopher White, a close friend of the
Muspratt.
8. A tradition crafted largely by Oscar’s cousin Sir Max Muspratt, who—by the
time Robert met Oscar—had been MP for Cheshire, Lord Mayor of
Liverpool, lead engineer of the Mersey Tunnel Project, President of the
Federation of British Industries and a founder member of the British
industrial giant Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). The chemistry thread
indeed ran deep and profound, and Muspratt was able to attend university
because of the assistance of Sir Max who expected him to return to the UK
and follow in his footsteps. (Taken from an address ‘Whither Penn?’, made by
Muspratt on 13 November 1965 at the public launching of the
Penn-Pennsylvania Trust in Holy Trinity. Courtesy of the Archives of the
Trust.
9. Service No.178168 from the London Gazette, p. 2093, 11 April 1941.
10. From, ‘Is this the time to put this sorry story to rest?’, Keighley News, at
http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/441799.print/.
11. Reported in the local newspaper the Bucks Examiner, Friday 25 March 1983.
12. Letters and documents regarding the Exhibition and Robert’s engagement
with it were kindly supplied by John Herrick, Rory Cook and Shani Davis of
the National Science Museum through a ‘freedom of information’ request
made by the author by email, (April 2011).
13. Staff at the time are described in, P. Morris, The Image of Chemistry Presented
by the Science Museum, London, in the 20th Century: An International
Perspective, freely available at http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/12-2/
morris.pdf.
496
D. Sheppard