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John W. Grant

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP John W. Grant (July 26, 1867, West Point, Georgia – March 8, 1938) was a member of the Georgia School of Technology board of trustees and a well-known Atlanta, Georgia, merchant around the 1880s. He was the grandson of John T. Grant and the son of William D. Grant, both of whom were successful railroad builders with their Fannin, Grant & Company. With help from his grandfather, he was made president of the Gate City Loan, Saving and Banking Company at the age of 21. In 1902, he was a director of the Atlanta-based Third National Bank. He married the daughter of Hugh T. Inman who gave him the Kimball House as a wedding gift. By this time Grant the younger was well-placed in Atlanta society, where he was heavily involved in the Capital City Club and Piedmont Driving Club. Grant was also the benefactor of Grant Field, the home of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, naming it in honor of his deceased son, Hugh Inman Grant (1895–1906...

Hugh T. Inman

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP Hugh Theodore Inman (December 24, 1846 - November 14, 1910) was a member of the prominent Inman Family of Atlanta and was the wealthiest man in Georgia at the time of his death. He was born in Dandridge, Tennessee, son of Shadrach Inman and grew up there with his brothers Samuel M. Inman and John H. Inman, who were also successful cotton traders and industrialists. He owned an interest in the Inman, Swann, & Co. of New York City. [1] : 30 He engaged in the cotton trade in New York City until moving to Savannah, Georgia and then ultimately Atlanta where he continued in the cotton trade. He was a founding member and first president of the Exposition Cotton Mills, which was founded in 1882. [1] : 31 By 1890, it had 500 employees and had spun fifty million yards of yarn. Along with his brothers he was an investor in the Atlanta Steel and Hoop Company, later known as Atlantic Steel. It was Atlanta's first steel hoop mill. Hugh founded clothing manu...

Fireproofing

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP "Fireproof" redirects here. For other uses, see Fireproof (disambiguation). This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Spray gypsum-based plaster fireproofing being installed. Circuit integrity fireproofing of cable trays, using calcium silicate boards. Damaged spray fireproofing made of rockwool, cement and admixtures at a Toronto car dealership; 28 December 2013. Fireproofing is rendering something (structures, materials, etc.) resistant to fire, or incombustible; or material for use in making anything fire-proof. [1] It is a passive fire protection measure. "Fireproof" or "fireproofing" can be used as a noun, verb or adjective; it may be hyphenated ("fire-proof"). Applying a certificati...

西里尔·欣谢尔伍德

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 西里爾·欣謝爾伍德爵士 Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood 出生 ( 1897-06-19 ) 1897年6月19日 英國倫敦 逝世 1967年10月9日 ( 1967-10-09 ) (70歲) 英國倫敦 母校 牛津大學 奖项 諾貝爾化學獎 (1956) 與谢苗诺夫共同獲得 科学生涯 研究領域 物理化學 机构 牛津大學 博士導師 Harold Hartley 博士生 無 其他著名學生 Keith J. Laidler 西里尔·諾曼·欣谢尔伍德 爵士,OM( 英...