Richard Augustine Studdert Redmayne KCB (1865 - 1955)

Born 22 Jul 1865 in South Dene, Low Fell, County Durham

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Died 27 Dec 1955 at age 90 in Lodge Farm, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire

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Sir Richard Augustine Studdert Redmayne KCB, MICE, MIMM, MIME, FGS was a British civil and mining engineer working as a manager of several mines in Britain and South Africa before becoming a professor at the University of Birmingham. He was a leading figure in improving mine safety in the early twentieth century and would become the first Chief Inspector of Mines, leading investigations into many of the mine disasters of his time.

Education: Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England 1 •Occupation: Professor of Mining BET 1902 AND 1908 Birmingham University, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 1 •Occupation: chief inspector of mines, Home Office

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• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thepeerage&id=I459227

1.Title: Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM Abbrev: Dictionary of National Biography Author: Editor: Matthew H.C.G. Publication: Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1995

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