Dr. Charles Mitchell (1820 - August 22, 1895), was an Aberdonian, who founded major shipbuilding yards on the Tyne. He became a public benefactor who funded outstanding buildings which can still be admired today. He attended Aberdeen University. After an engineering apprenticeship in London, he became a ship designer working for John Coutts' Newcastle-upon-Tyne yard in 1842. He became a shipbuilder in his own right at the Walker yard on the Tyne in 1852, … Wikipedia
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