Project ID: 550
Description | The life and times of George Croydon Marks, a Victorian engineer who designed and built cliff railways and founded a patent agency still running today. He was also president of the Sunday School Union and a director of EMI and Columbia pictures, through his friendship with Thomas Edison. He was one of the first Labour peers appointed by Ramsay MacDonald. |
Topics | Technology Talks History |
Type | U3A-led research (not an SLP) |
U3A | Bexley U3A |
Year started | 2015 |
Source of reference | Talk given at the U3A Science Seminar, Harper Adams, 2015 |
Output | |
Notes | Willing to give this talk to other U3As and available via Zoom |