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Claude Goodman Johnson (24 October 1864 – 12 April 1926) was a British motor vehicle manufacturer who was instrumental in the creation of Rolls-Royce Limited. Johnson described himself as the hyphen in the Rolls-Royce name.
10 de mar. de 2023 · 10 March 2023. Claude Johnson: ‘the hyphen in Rolls-Royce’. The fledgling company might have floundered had it not been for the diligence and dedication of Claude Johnson, the oft-overlooked businessman who saw himself as ‘the hyphen in Rolls-Royce’. Words: Paul Guinness.
21 de may. de 2008 · PAST IMPERFECT: CLAUDE GOODMAN Johnson, the man who became known as "the hyphen in Rolls-Royce", was born in 1864 at Datchet, Buckinghamshire, the son of a middle-class official in...
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A genius at publicity, Claude Johnson was so integral to the success of the company that he became known as ‘the hyphen in Rolls-Royce’. One of Johnson’s early adverts for the 40/50hp motor car promoted it as: ‘The six-cylinder Rolls-Royce – not one of the best, but the Best Car in the World.’.
public." Claude Johnson (1864-1926), who would play a vital role as the company's General Managing Director - and who has often been called the "hyphen in Rolls-Royce" - admitted that neither he nor Rolls nor Royce had "any qualification for the conduct of a large manufacturing undertaking. Frankly I am of the opinion that our
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