Sir John Brunner: Radical Plutocrat 1842-1919

by Stephen Koss

Book Overview

Sir John Brunner, the son of a Swiss schoolmaster who settled in England, was co-founder of Brunner, Mond and Company, one of the great English chemical firms of the nineteenth century and the predecessor of ICI. Always interested in politics, Brunner entered Parliament after his industrial activities had already won for him a reputation as the 'Chemical Croesus'. Unlike most wealthy men of his time, he was a staunch supporter of the Liberal Party...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521085640
• ISBN13: 9780521085649
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"