Marcus Samuel, First Viscount Bearsted and the Founder of Shell Transport & Trading Co, 1853-1927

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Author(s) Henriques, Robert D Q
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1960
Pages 676pp; illus
Publisher Barrie & Rockliff
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Substantial biography of Marcus Samuel of M Samuel & Co and architect of Royal Dutch Shell / Shell Transport & Trading Co Ltd; it contains much about these companies as well as others such as Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd, personalities such as Henri Deterding and members of the Samuel family. The writer had formerly focused on fiction and travel.