Arthur Charles Davy Pain
Arthur Charles Davy Pain (born June 23, 1901 , † 1971 in Devon , England ) was a British gemologist and mineralogist .
Pain went to Radley College near Abingdon and was in Oxford from 1922 . He discovered the very rare mineral painite in Myanmar in 1952, which is named after him. The Natural History Museum now owns his legacies of precious stones .
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur Charles Davy Pain (our family history). (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on September 28, 2014 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Artists in Exmouth before 1910. Retrieved September 28, 2014 .
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| SURNAME | Pain, Arthur Charles Davy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British gemologist and mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1901 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1971 |
| Place of death | Devon , England |