Gerald Essame
(Born: 1912)
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N.C.B. Positions held
| Position |
| Director-General, Manpower and Welfare Department, Headquarters |
| Source: 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian |
N.C.B. Positions held
| Position |
| Staff Director, Divisional Board, West Midlands Division |
| Source: 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian |
Biographical Notes
Essame, Gerald, O.B.E., B.A. Staff Director, West Midlands Division, National Coal Board since 1955. Born in 1912, and educated at Magnus School, Newark, and Selwyn College, Cambridge, In 1947 was Head of the Board's Scientific Department Secretariat and in 1951 was Secretary of Productivity Team on Coal Mining which visited the United States. Was Head of Education Branch, Manpower and Welfare Department and later was appointed Director of Studies of the Staff College.
Source: 1960 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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