Harry William Durham
Harry William Durham (1869-1916)
1916 Obituary [1]
HARRY WILLIAM DURHAM was born at Devizes on 17th May 1869.
He was educated at Christ Hospital Day School, Ipswich, after which he attended evening technical classes at the Ipswich Science and Art Schools for five years.
During this latter period, 1886 to 1890, he was receiving a practical training at the St. Peter's Iron Works of Messrs. E. R. and F. Turner, Ipswich, and at the end of 1891 he became draughtsman and assistant to the works manager of Holtzapfel and Co., London.
In February 1893 he joined the firm of A. Ransome and Co., Ltd., of Chelsea, woodworking machinery manufacturers, as draughtsman, and left in November 1897 to take over the management of Messrs. Holtzapfel and Co.'s works.
Three years later he rejoined the firm of Messrs. A. Ransome and Co., as leading draughtsman, after their removal to Newark-on-Trent, and became head draughtsman in 1905, retaining this position until his death. During that period he brought out several inventions in connexion with wood-working machinery, in conjunction with the firm, and was a frequent contributor to technical journals.
He completed a work entitled "Saws: their Care and Treatment" shortly before his death, which took place at Bournemouth on 18th June 1916, at the age of forty-seven.
He was elected a Member of this Institution in 1914.