George Dillnutt

British recording engineer. Born 1883 in Bermondsey, London, England, died late 1937 in Braintree, Essex, England.
Started working for The Gramophone Co. Ltd. in 1902.
Dilnutt was the first English expert to work for the company. He accompanied Fred Gaisberg on the Far Eastern Tour in 1902/03. In May 1906 he worked with Will Gaisberg in India, Burma and then, on behalf of Victor, in Japan and Korea, and in India again until early 1907. Also recorded in Cairo (late 1907), Beirut and Alexandria (1908).
Later recorded exclusively in India and the Far East (Singapore, Bangkok

The Gramophone Company shellac engineer codes:
1907 - 1910: n (7"), o (10"), p (12");
July 1911 - 1921: ak (10"), al (12");
October 1921 - November 1930: BK (10"), CK (12").

Notes:
1) Between 1904 and 1907, the codes were used by Cleveland Walcutt.
2) Between October 1916 and December 1916, John Daniel Smoot also used the "o" for Scandinavian recordings. Smoot’s 13000o-13517o duplicate Dilnutt’s.