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Joseph Rank (28 March 1854 - 13 November 1943) was the founder of Rank Hovis McDougall, later RHM, one of the United Kingdom's largest food production and flour-milling businesses until it was acquired by Premier Foods in 2007. ==Career== Born in Hull and educated at the Reverend Haynes's School in Swinefleet near Goole, Joseph Rank initially joined the family milling business.〔(Joseph Rank at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 In 1875 he established his own business when he rented a small windmill.〔 Then in 1885 he installed a mechanically driven flour mill at the Alexandra Mill in Hull.〔 His approach was to establish mills close to ports around the United Kingdom so expanding the business until it was the largest flour-milling business in the Country.〔 During the 1880s he became a staunch Methodist.〔 He was also a lifelong cricket fan.〔 He established various charities which have now been consolidated into the ''Joseph Rank Trust''〔(The Joseph Rank Trust )〕 and also supported the Hull Royal Infirmary. During World War I he served on the Wheat Control Board.〔 Sadly he saw the mills that he had built bombed to destruction during World War II.〔(R.G. Burnett: Prologue )〕 He died at his home in Reigate Heath in 1943.〔 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「Joseph Rank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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