| Active Dates: |
circa 1899 -
circa 1909 |
| Active Area: |
Africa (continent)
Congo (nation)
Katanga (province)
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| Likenesses: |
None |
| Photographs: |
See list of photographs
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| Publications: |
None found. |
| Related Entries: |
Massey, Yale, fl 1910, doctor
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Robert Williams and Co. was not a commercial photographic firm, but the firm of Robert Williams & Co, Mining Engineers. This firm, headed by Robert Williams (see ODNB entry) was responsible for the mineral prospecting, mining management and labour recruitment for the Tanganyika Concessions Company (from 1899) and the Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga (from 1906).
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| Sources: |
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for Williams, Sir Robert, baronet (1860-1938) by Simon Katzenellenbogen - accessed online 4 April 2013.
Email from Aldwin Roes to RCS librarian dated 23 June 2010.
Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'. |
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