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John Henry Cordner-James (b.1858 Redruth, Cornwall, UK, d.1946 Aldeburgh Suffolk, UK) was a leading English businessman of the early 20th Century and a mining pioneer with global interests. Born in 1858 as John Henry James, the son of Abraham Trewantha James & Johanna Grey, he changed his name by adding Cordner, ostensibly to differentiate himself from siblings William James and Alfred James in his family firm, James Bros. He developed a prolific career as a gold mining engineer and consultant, travelling extensively to Russia, Australia, South America and South Africa, and was one of the first owners of a motor car in England. In South Africa, Cordner-James notably formed the Gold Recovery Syndicate to acquire the patent rights to practice the MacArthur-Forrest gold cyanidation mining process in 1922.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Mining_Magazine_1922_v26_1400032612/25 )〕 In Australia he had various business interests with fellow director of the Oroya-Brownhill mining company, future US President Herbert Hoover. In 1912 he was elected to the position of Vice President of the English Council of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://archive.org/stream/miningmagazine06londuoft#page/12/mode/2up/ )〕 At the outbreak of World War One, he purchased future ''Beatles'' recording studio Abbey Road Studios, London, which he retained until 1929. Cordner-James suffered from arthritis towards the end of his life and in 1934 at the age of 76 built a new home near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on account of its private location and low rainfall, which he lived in until his death in 1946. ==References== 〔 * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Henry Cordner-James」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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