George James Gibbs
George James Gibbs (1868-1947)
1868 Born in St Mary le bone, London
1881 George Gibbs 35, machinist foreman at works; lived in Bedford and Cardington with Sarah Gibbs 33, George Gibbs 13, Harry W. Gibbs 10, John E. Gibbs 8, Lavinia M. Gibbs 7, William C. Gibbs 5, Louisa H. Gibbs 3, Charles Gibbs 2[1]
1893 With Henry William Gibbs patented "Improvements in Electrically Actuated Machine Tools."
1894 Founded the Power Transmission and Traction Co in Bradford
1899 Patented "Improvements in Dynamometers"
1900 Several patents concerned with electrical devices including "Improvements in Electrical Accumulators" with the British Power, Traction and Lighting Co
1901 Living in York, electrical Engineer, manager, with his wife and brother[2]
1902 Chief engineer to the British Power, Traction and Lighting Co in York
1903 Patented with Peter Pilkington Ltd "Improvements in or in connection with Power Hammers", and "Compressed Air installations" in 1904.
1907 Patented a type of helio-chronometer
1911 George James Gibbs 43, consulting mechanical and electrical engineer, lived in Bamber Bridge, Preston with Annie Gibbs 44, Winifred Mary Gibbs 8[3]
Director, The Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory, Preston.
1939 Vice-President, The Technical College, Preston
Further patents on a variety of topics up to 1944
1948 Obituary [4]
"GEORGE JAMES GIBBS was well known in Preston where he had been in practice as a consulting engineer for thirty-seven years. His activities in that direction were chiefly confined to acting in an advisory capacity to various public bodies, including the Lancashire County Council, and numerous industrial concerns in connection with schemes for the supply of power, lighting, and heating, but he was also recognized as one of the leading water engineers in the district, and had been adviser to many important water undertakings in surrounding counties.
He was educated at Bedford Modern School and at the City and Guilds of London Central Technical College, to which he won a scholarship. His first employment was that of draughtsman and assistant engineer to Mr. A. R. Sennett with whom he remained for six years. From 1894 to 1902 he filled positions first as crane draughtsman to Messrs. Grafton and Company, of Bedford, and later as engineer to Mr. H. Gibbs, of Bradford. After acting as chief engineer to Messrs. Porter Pilkington, Ltd., of Bamber Bridge, Preston, for four years, he went into practice in Preston in 1910. Mr. Gibbs, whose death occurred on 22nd February 1947, in his eightieth year, was elected a Member of the Institution in 1902.
He was also an Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was responsible for the design and erection of the Observatory at Moor Park, Preston, and was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society."
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1881 census
- ↑ 1901 census
- ↑ 1911 census
- ↑ 1948 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries
- Mechanical engineer records