About: Vera Furness

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Vera Isabella Furness MBE (2 June 1921 –2002) was an English chemist and industrial manager who worked for Courtaulds in Coventry and later Campsie from 1953 to 1981. She worked on the production of the acrylic Courtelle and developed a copolymer that would allow for a more successful commercial dying of the filter. Furness then incorporated an reagent into the process giving it an near white fibre. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971.

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  • Vera Isabella Furness MBE (2 June 1921 –2002) was an English chemist and industrial manager who worked for Courtaulds in Coventry and later Campsie from 1953 to 1981. She worked on the production of the acrylic Courtelle and developed a copolymer that would allow for a more successful commercial dying of the filter. Furness then incorporated an reagent into the process giving it an near white fibre. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971. (en)
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  • 1921-06-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Vera Isabella Furness (en)
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  • 1921-06-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Vera Isabella Furness (en)
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  • Birmingham, England (en)
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  • Limavady, Northern Ireland (en)
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  • Vera Furness (en)
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  • Chemist (en)
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  • Vera Isabella Furness MBE (2 June 1921 –2002) was an English chemist and industrial manager who worked for Courtaulds in Coventry and later Campsie from 1953 to 1981. She worked on the production of the acrylic Courtelle and developed a copolymer that would allow for a more successful commercial dying of the filter. Furness then incorporated an reagent into the process giving it an near white fibre. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971. (en)
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