John Clarkson Major

Deceased Person

1826 – 1895

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Who was John Clarkson Major?

Yorkshire-born John Clarkson Major was a successful manufacturing chemist who, with his partner E. L. Turner, set up the first tar distillery in Wolverhampton, Major & Company Ltd. He served as Mayor of Wolverhampton 1873/74.

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Born
Mar 22, 1826
Flamborough
Died
Dec 21, 1895
Lower Penn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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