Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Arthur Peckett

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Arthur Peckett (1872-1930)

1872 Born son of Thomas Peckett

1905 of Bristol when he went into partnership with Mr Herbert W. Umney at King William Street, as civil, mechanical and electrical engineers, merchants and agents, and will also represent a number of engineering firms in the provinces and abroad.[1]


1930 Obituary [2]

ARTHUR PECKETT received his early training at the Atlas Locomotive Works of his father, Thomas Peckett, in Bristol, and later with the firm of Messrs. W. H. Allen and Company, of Bedford.

He then joined the staff of the Edison Swan Electric Company, Ponders End, and was chief engineering assistant to the manager of the fittings department, later becoming manager of their motor department.

After setting up an agency in King William Street, London, he went to Wilton near Salisbury where he became proprietor of the firm of Messrs. A. Brewer and Company, agricultural engineers.

Mr. Peckett was born at Manchester in 1872 and educated at the Old Bristol Mining School (now part of the Bristol University).

He became an Associate Member of the Institution in 1901 and died on 19th January 1930, at the age of 57.




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