5-479: Rigden may refer to: People with the surname [ edit ] Horace Walter Rigden (1898–1986), English chemist and oil industry executive John S. Rigden , physicist Other uses [ edit ] Kings of Shambhala Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rigden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-696: A Bachelor of Science degree. Rigden was employed by The Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited in Abadan , Iran, which eventually became British Petroleum . He managed the Abadan oil refinery during the 1930s and the Second World War, a period when its production was of vital strategic interest to the British government, and received the Order of the British Empire in 1945 for his service. Rigden
15-659: A laboratory assistant and after the outbreak of the First World War joined the Royal Flying Corps on 19 August 1915 where he served as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class. On 1 April 1918 he joined the Royal Air Force where he served as a Second Lieutenant. He was discharged on 5 June 1918. His advanced education was delayed by the war and he enrolled at the University of London , graduating in 1922 with
20-475: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rigden&oldid=877686294 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Horace Walter Rigden Horace Walter Rigden , OBE , (2 April 1898 – 1986)
25-589: Was an English chemist and oil industry executive who managed the Anglo-Persian oil refinery at Abadan in Iran during the 1930s and the Second World War, receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1945 for his service. Horace Walter Rigden was born in Highgate , London, on 2 April 1898 to Walter Thomas Rigden, an advertising contractor, and Jane Rigden. Horace had a sister Amy and a brother Thomas. He worked as
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