Sir Anthony Joseph Elkins CBE (1904–1978)[1][2] was a British corporate executive. Educated at Haileybury College, Elkins arrived in India in 1924, at the age of 20. He rose to become chairman of Gillanders Arbuthnot and Co and its successor, the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Co,[2] chairman of the Indian Copper Corporation (later nationalised and merged into Hindustan Copper),[3] director of the Imperial Bank of India,[4] president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry,[5] president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce (ASSOCHAM),[6] and president of the Bengal Club.[4] In 1950, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. invited Elkins to serve as the only British advisor to the First Five Year-Plan.[4] Elkins later returned to Britain, serving as vice chairman of the Army & Navy Stores and chairman of Bryant and May and the British Match Co.[2] Elkins received a CBE for his services during the Second World War, where was appointed as Controller of Supplies in Bengal, and was knighted in 1952.[2] He retired to Perth, Australia, in the 1970s.[4]
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Sir Anthony Joseph Elkins CBE (1904–1978) was a British corporate executive. Educated at Haileybury College, Elkins arrived in India in 1924, at the age...
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anthropology.[citation needed] Elkins and his wife, Charlotte Elkins, live in Sequim, Washington; they have two children. Elkins began his first novel (the...
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delivered commencement addresses at Wheeling Jesuit University and at Davis & Elkins College,[citation needed] receiving honorary degrees from both institutions...
that was mothballed in 1989, is located to the southwest of Mount Elkins. Mount Elkins is the highest peak in the Napier Mountains, and also the highest...
Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015. Elkins, Kathleen (December 2, 2015). "The Gravity Payments CEO who raised all his...
college football at Texas A&M. Anthony also played for the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He starred at Elkins High School in Missouri City...
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issues. Oliveira defeated Elkins via submission (armbar) after 41 seconds of the first round. Oliveira was taken down early by Elkins but quickly attempted...
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later, on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46. His funeral was held at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 6, 2015...
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Her novels have won multiple awards, including an Agatha Award, seven Anthony Awards, two Barry Awards, an Edgar Award, a Gumshoe Award, a Macavity Award...
brother named Anthony. Loney played baseball on a team sponsored by the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program and was coached at Elkins High School...
expected to make his UFC debut against Darren Elkins on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123. However, Elkins was forced from the card with an injury and replaced...
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