John Brigg
1834–1911
Company director and politician. Engaged in the worsted business until 1890. Helped to found Keighley Trade School and reorganise the Girls’ Grammar School. Liberal MP for Keighley, 1895–1911. Chairman of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1872. Fellow of the Geological Society of London from 1875. Knighted, 1909.
Sources
List of the Geological Society of London
Proceedings of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire 6 (1871–7): 46
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Bibliography
List of the Geological Society of London. London: [Geological Society of London]. 1864–1934.
WWW: Who was who: a companion to Who’s who, containing the biographies of those who died during the period [1897–1995]. 9 vols. and cumulated index (1897–1990). London: Adam & Charles Black. 1920–96.
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