Henry Riddell
Henry Riddell (1851-1923)
1923 Obituary [1]
HENRY RIDDELL was born in Belfast on 4th December 1851.
He was educated at the Belfast Royal Academy, and, after serving his apprenticeship, took the engineering course at Queen's College, Belfast, subsequently graduating B.E. in the old Queen's University of Ireland in 1879. He proceeded to the Master of Engineering degree in 1882, on the foundation of the Royal University.
In 1880 he started in business as an engineer in Belfast, designing and constructing small steam-engines and specializing in textile machinery; and acted as consulting engineer to many of the large mills in Belfast.
In 1904 he disposed of his business to become managing director of the firm of A. Riddell and Son, Ltd., reed and heddle manufacturers.
From 1908 to 1920 he was a Member of the Belfast City Corporation, being at the time of his retirement Vice-Chairman of the Electricity Committee, and up to the time of his death he was a member of the Senate of Queen's University, Belfast. For some time after graduation he had been examiner in Linen Weaving to the City and Guilds of London Institute, and had contributed articles on "Cotton Spinning" in Cassell's "New Technical Educator," and in other publications.
His death took place in Belfast on 30th January 1923, at the age of seventy-one.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1912.