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Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (December 22, 1888 – March 29, 1972) was a British industrialist and film producer, and founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as the Rank Group.

J. Arthur Rank was born in Kingston upon Hull, into a family environment which was dominated by his father Joseph Rank (1854-1943) who had built a substantial flour milling business.

Arthur was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge.

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Joseph is reported to have told his son Arthur that he was "a dunce at school" and that the only way that he could succeed in life would be in his father's flour mill. After school he had an apprenticeship in his father's milling business and was then moved to London.

1917 Married Ellen Marshall

After WW1: Arthur's father bought him a business called Peterkins Self-Raising Flour but when that failed he returned to work for his father where he took charge of the diversification into branded animal feeds.

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