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DR EDGAR BARRETT (BARRY) GRAHAM 1935-2021 DIGEST
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DR GRAHAM gained his degree in 1956 and his PhD in insulation scheme,
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Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London in 1958. APRIL 2021 bump up energy bills
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He then worked for Monsanto for five years, including a
two-year exchange working in the USA from 1958 to 1960.
In 1963, he joined the Gas Council and was privileged to
participate in tremendous technological changes over a 30-
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year career in the gas industry. ROYAL CHARTER 1929
He specialised in low temperature gas storage and KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
transmission, rising to senior management level as Head of IGEM launches Hydrogen Knowledge Centre
Technology Assessment in the research and technology division.
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