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Clement Charnock
English mechanical engineer
Clement Joseph Charnock (1865, Chorley – 17 April 1950) was an English mechanical engineer who spent much of his career in Imperial Russia and is credited with being a pioneer of football in Russia. He followed his uncle, James Charnock, who had left for Russia in 1868,[1] when Clement was only three. Another brother, Harry Charnock, also joined them in Russia.[2]
Charnock started his career with Platt Brothers, a company in Oldham, Lancashire, that produced textile machinery. Here he completed a five-year apprenticeship in 1887.[3] Then he took up the post of Assistant Manager with Morozov and Sons at their factory in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, 85 km east of Moscow. In 1891 he became chief director for the Gorbunov Brothers. After remaining in post for sixteen years, in 1907 he took up a similar position with the Konshin Brothers. In 1910 he established his own business manufacturing paper tubes in a factory in Moscow. In 1916 he returned to England where he became involved with Cook & Co. a long-established company in Manchester that produced textile machinery.[3]