George Atkinson and Company 1865 - 1887
- occupation:
- Manufacturer of chemicals,, Manufacturer of drugs
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1654 - Humphrey Primatt, drug and chemical manufacture at 66 Aldersgate Street, London
1744 - Primatt family business joined by John Maud (d. 1782), in partnership as Primatt and Maud
by 1753 - Maud and Primatt Chymists
1798 to 1820 - John Maud Jnr assumed control of the Company
1821- 1828 - Biggar. Atkinson and Dell
1835 - Biggar, Atkinson and Chippindale
1839 - Atkinson, Chippindale and Biggar
1843-1864 Atkinson and Biggar
1865 - George Atkinson and Company
1887 - manufacturing business acquired by Whiffen and Sons established some two hundred years earlier and with a reputation for drug grinding, oil pressing, and saltpetre refining.