Walter R. Skinner

Who is Walter R. Skinner?

Walter R. Skinner was a London-based publisher, who in collaboration with the Financial Times published the Mining Manual and later the combined Mining Manual and Mining Year Book, which contained extensive details of mining operations around the world. He also published the Oil and Petroleum Manual, as well as the weekly investment guide The Capitalist.

Later his name would be used in title of a series of subsequent publications in the 1970s The Financial Times would continue to use Skinner's name in publication details in Mining Year Book until 1971.