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John Alexander Agnew

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John Alexander Agnew (1872 – 2 August 1939) was a New Zealand mining engineer who worked with future United States president Herbert Hoover and later became chairman of Consolidated Gold Fields, the first chairman of the firm to be from a mining engineering background. [1]

34 relations: Agnew Gold Mine, Agnew, Western Australia, Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, Boxer Rebellion, Bulolo, Cementation Company, Consolidated Gold Fields, Crawford Medal, Die proof (philately), Essay (philately), Francis Algernon Govett, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Fields, Gold mining, Herbert Hoover, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, James Park (geologist), Meiso Mizuhara, Mining engineering, New Guinea, Percival David, Philately, Pneumonia, Postage stamps and postal history of China, Postal history, Robson Lowe, Royal Philatelic Society London, Rudolph Agnew, Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet, The London Philatelist, The Sunday Times (Western Australia), West Rand, Wiluna Gold Mine.

Agnew Gold Mine

The Agnew Gold Mine, formerly the Emu Mine, is a gold mine located west of Agnew, Western Australia.

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Agnew, Western Australia

Agnew is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia north-east of Perth and the closest populated town is Leinster.

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Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation

The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited (often simply called the "Bombay Burmah Trading Company") was formed in 1863 by the Wallace Brothers.

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Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion (拳亂), Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement (義和團運動) was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty.

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Bulolo

Bulolo is a town in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Cementation Company

The Cementation Company was a large British construction business.

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Consolidated Gold Fields

Consolidated Gold Fields was a British gold-mining company.

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Crawford Medal

The Crawford Medal is a vermeil medal awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period.

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Die proof (philately)

In philately a Die Proof is a printed image pulled directly from the master die for an engraved stamp.

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Essay (philately)

In philately, an essay is a design for a proposed stamp submitted to the postal authorities for consideration but not used, or used after alterations have been made.

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Francis Algernon Govett

Francis Algernon Govett (1858 - 27 October 1926) was a British stockbroker who was a director of many mining companies, was closely involved with future American president Herbert Hoover, and later became the chairman of the Burma Corporation.

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Gibbons Stamp Monthly

Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) is a leading British philatelic magazine which can trace its roots back to 1890.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.

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Gold Fields

Gold Fields Limited is one of the world’s largest gold mining firms.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining.

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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.

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Institution of Mining and Metallurgy

The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM) was a British research institution, founded in 1892.

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James Park (geologist)

James Park (1857–1946) was a Scottish geologist, director of school of mines, university professor and writer, active in New Zealand.

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Meiso Mizuhara

was a Japanese philatelist who was known for his award-winning collections of the stamps and postal history of the countries of Asia and his books on those subjects.

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Mining engineering

Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that applies science and technology to the extraction of minerals from the earth.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Percival David

Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel David, 2nd Baronet (21 July 1892 – 9 October 1964) was a Bombay-born British financier who is best known as a scholar and collector of Chinese ceramics.

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Philately

Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Postage stamps and postal history of China

The history of the postage stamps and postal history of China is complicated by the gradual decay of Imperial China and the years of civil war and Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Postal history

Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems.

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Robson Lowe

John Harry Robson Lowe (7 January 1905, London – 19 August 1997, Bournemouth), Robbie to his friends, was an English professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer.

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Royal Philatelic Society London

The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world.

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Rudolph Agnew

Sir Rudolph Ion Joseph Agnew (born 12 March 1934) was group chief executive of Consolidated Goldfields plc from 1978 to 1989 and chairman from 1983 to 1989.

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Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet GCMG (20 February 1835 – 20 September 1911) was a British diplomat and official in the Qing Chinese government, who served as the second Inspector-General of China's Imperial Maritime Custom Service (IMCS) from 1863 to 1911.

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The London Philatelist

The London Philatelist was first published in January 1892 and is the journal of the Royal Philatelic Society London.

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The Sunday Times (Western Australia)

The Sunday Times, owned by Seven West Media, is a tabloid Sunday newspaper printed in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia.

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West Rand

West Rand is the name of the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation.

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Wiluna Gold Mine

The Wiluna Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia near the town of Wiluna.

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J. A. Agnew, John A. Agnew (philatelist).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alexander_Agnew

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