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Jonathan Wilkie
Jonathan Wilkie is a student of history. His love for history came from his father Robert, who taught him to respect the past. As a result Jonathan made it a point to study history...mehr sehenJonathan Wilkie is a student of history. His love for history came from his father Robert, who taught him to respect the past. As a result Jonathan made it a point to study history especially ancient history. He still studies it today. In 1990 he wrote The Royal Cubits because his company Continental Granite Corp. manufactured industrial surface plates, precision measuring instruments. This business founded by his father, conducted research on the origins of measurement.
Jonathan's grandfather founded what became the DoAll companies, a worldwide industrial supply firm that today employs around 5000 people. They manufacture and sell machine tools, hydraulic components, tools and tooling, even rulers! Jonathan is a master machinist by training, and worked for the DoAll Companies for 50 years before retiring in Vero Beach, Florida in 2007. Jonathan worked as, an international executive working as, mainly a member of the board of all 78 DoAll Companies and was once CEO of the Wilkie Brothers Foundation.
Today Jonathan is a happy retired student of history, the arts, literature and especially poetry. He is a poet and was the editor of his college newspaper. Now finally Jonathan is sharing his 1990 book, this book, with the world!weniger sehen