Bernard Maxwell Jenkin
Bernard Maxwell Jenkin (1867-1951), consultant engineer
1867 Born in Surrey[1], son of Fleeming Jenkin
1878-82 Educated at Edinburgh Academy
1883-6 At Edinburgh University and School of Electrical Engineering, Hanover Square
1886-7 Apprentice at Mather and Platt, Salford
1887 Became a student member of Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians
1887-9 Apprentice at LNWR, Crewe Works
1889 of London, became an Associate of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
1889-91 Mathematical and surveying classes at Edinburgh University
1891 Went to work for Alexander Blackie William Kennedy
1892 Associate member of Inst Civil Engineers
1896 Promoted to Chief Assistant
Engaged in lighting schemes for many towns; also involved on electric railways and tramways.
1898 Married Margaret May Giles
1898 Became a Member of IEE
1899 Taken into partnership as Kennedy and Jenkin
1901 Became a Member of I Mech E
1901 Member of Inst Civil Engineers
1914 resigned from I Mech E
1914 Living at Wye, Kent
By 1916 was living at Stowting Court, nr Hythe, Kent
1951 Died at Weston-super-Mare
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Register of Births
- Mechanical engineer records