| LC control no. | no 92030302 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wardle, Thomas, Sir, 1831-1909 |
| Associated country | Great Britain India |
| Located | Staffordshire (England) Bengal (India) |
| Birth date | 1831-01-26 |
| Death date | 1909-01-03 |
| Field of activity | Silk industry |
| Affiliation | Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Profession or occupation | Industrialists |
| Found in | An examination into the divisibility of the brin or ultimate fibre of the silk of Bombyi mori, or silk of commerce ..., 1908: t.p. (Sir Thomas Wardle) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Wardle, Thomas, Sir, 1831-1909) Wikipedia, viewed 1 Dec. 2016 (Sir Thomas Wardle (26 January 1831 - 3 January 1909) was a businessman in Staffordshire, known for his innovations in silk dyeing and printing on silk, and in particular for his collaboration with William Morris. In 1885, Wardle accepted a Government invitation to visit Bengal and Kashmir, to investigate the state there of sericulture. In 1887 he helped to found the Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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