James Gillies
James Gillies was a spring-knife cutler. He died on 23 January 1831, aged 43, in his ‘prime of life’ from a ‘disorder of the lungs’. The Sheffield Independent, 29 January 1831, reported that he had once been employed by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, but had latterly worked for James Crawshaw. His obituarist continued: ‘He was one of those whose genius and talents have contributed to raise Sheffield to the pre-eminence it holds in the manufacture of cutlery. As a ....
