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Description: | A bronze statue of Sadler in court dress and mayoral robes with a scroll in his right hand. The pedestal is decorated with the town's coat of arms in bronze. A low semi-circular wall of pink marble flanking the pedestal on either side carries bronze panels at each end. Additional Information: Industrial chemist, alderman and Conservative M.P., Sir Samuel Sadler (1842-1911) played a key role in establishing the chemical industry on Teesside. Born at Oldbury near Birmingham, he studied medicine for four years in Birmingham and then took a doctorate in science at London University. His first job was supervising commercial laboratories in the Midlands investigating synthetic dyes from coal tar products.(1) In 1862 he went to Middlesbrough and set up his own small business for the distillation of tar in Marton Road, six years later founding the Cleveland Chemical Works, in Cargo Fleet Road. Sadler also took a leading part in local affairs and was three times mayor of Middlesbrough, successfully projecting himself as a defender of the popular pastimes of the working men of the town. An obituary in a local paper said the explanation of his success as a politician lay in his open, generous spirit, his bonhommie'.(2) A keen supporter of the Volunteers, Sadler was often known locally as the Colonel'.(3) | Subjects: | Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Lanteri, Édouard | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7510... | Go to resource |
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