Geoffrey Heyworth, Baron Heyworth of Oxton. A memoir
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- Author(s) Wilson, Charles H (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1985
- Pages 71pp; illus
- Publisher The firm
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Collection of short essays by former colleagues, three from Unilever and seven from other institutions including the National Coal Board, on Geoffrey Heyworth, 1894-1974, who was chairman of Unilever, 1942-60, having joined the business as a clerk in 1912; for many years he worked in the Lever Group in Canada. Introduced [pp7-13] by Prof Charles Wilson, Unilever's historian, who refers to him as 'one of the most remarkable of a generation of new business leaders who helped to reshape industry in the age of the 'managerial revolution'