John Thomas North
(1842-1896), Guano and nitrate mining magnateSitter in 3 portraits
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, circa 1893
NPG 3594
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published September 1890
NPG Ax38509
John Thomas North ('Men of the Day. No. 446.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 November 1889
NPG D44462
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Will Robley
06 August 2015, 14:59
John Thomas North began life working in the Guano industry, but made is fortune mining Nitrates in the Atacama.
Will Robley, Archivist, University of Greenwich Archives, and the J. T. North Family Archives at Avery Hill.