Horace Walter Rigden, OBE, (2 April 1898 – 1986) was an English chemist and oil industry executive who managed the Anglo-Persian oil refinery at Abadan in Iran during the 1930s and World War II, receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1945 for his service. == Early life == Horace Walter Rigden was born in Highgate, London, on 2 April 1898 to Walter Thomas Rigden, an advertising contractor, and Jane Rigden.
Horace Walter Rigden, OBE, (2 April 1898 – 1986) was an English chemist and oil industry executive who managed the Anglo-Persian oil refinery at Abadan in Iran during the 1930s and World War II, receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1945 for his service. == Early life == Horace Walter Rigden was born in Highgate, London, on 2 April 1898 to Walter Thomas Rigden, an advertising contractor, and Jane Rigden.
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