Charles Tookey F.I.C., F.C.S.
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| Date | Details |
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| 1828 | Born May 13th at Oddingley Rectory, Worcestershire. Educated at Bromsgrove School. |
| 1851 | Student at Royal College of Chemistry. |
| 1852 | Assistant at Royal College of Chemistry. |
| 1854-1855 | Assistant to Dr. Stenhouse at Barts. |
| 1856-1865 | Assistant to Dr. Percy at Royal School of Mines. |
| Analysed South Staffordshire iron ores for part II of “Iron Ores of Great Britain” 1858 | |
| 1865-1868 | Appointed Assayer in H.M. Mint at Hong Kong. |
| 1870-1877 | Assayer, Chemist, Superintendent of refinery and Temporary Director at the Japanese Imperial Mint at Osaka. |
| 1874-1878 | Chemist on the Admiralty Boiler Committee. |
| 1906 | Died January 3rd. |
| Not in staff Register |
Charles Tookey was employed in the Metallurgical Laboratory, Royal School of Mines.
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - Charles Tookey, F.I.C., F.C.S. Born 13th May 1828, died 3rd January 1906. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 3 p.95. 1906. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800123027
Publications
On the separation of tin from antimony, and on the analysis of alloys containing lead, tin, antimony and Copper (1862);
On the manipulation of assays of gold and silver bullion (1870).