COTGREAVE,+Alfred

COTGREAVE, Alfred (1849-1911) Manchester Royal Exchange; Birmingham; 1CL Wednesbury, later West Bromwich 1877; 1CL Richmond 1880; 1CL Wandsworth 1883; CL Guille-Alles Library, Guernsey 1886; 1CL West Ham 1891-1905 His name is specially associated with the wide variety of gadgets which he invented and marketed and particularly with the indicator which he developed, first at WEDNESBURY, improved, patented and sold in large numbers and defended vigorously against the drive for ‘open access’ which eliminated the need for them. His association with indicators was understandably accompanied by bitter enmity for J D Brown as 'open access' pioneer.

b. 2.6.1849 Eccleston, Cheshire inventor of several indicators, magazine racks, automatic shelf-stops, magazine covers, etc. (YB 1897, 204) YB 1900, 190 says Richmond 1880-1884