J. B. Foster
J. B. Foster (c1872-1901)
1897-97 J. B. Foster of Greaves, Cotton and Co imported the first car in to India. This was a Benz/ (Is this the same person as below?)
1901 Obituary.[1]
We regret to announce the death of the enterprising young electrician, Mr. J. B. Foster, which took plate at the European General Hospital this morning (8th). The deceased first came to Bombay some ten years ago in connection with the erection of automatic sprinklers for Messrs. Greaves, Cotton and Co. He subsequently installed an electric light installation of some importance in the Palace of H. H. the Maharajah of Kolapore, and remained as electrician in charge there for some time. His return to Bombay was contemporaneous with the start of electric lighting in the local spinning and weaving mills. Into this enterprise Mr. Foster threw himself with great energy and distinguished success; and the milling industry is indebted to him for the most of the largest electric light installations in the Island of Bombay. The strain of a continued residence here and arduous activity proved too great for his constitution. Liver and kidney complaints, to which he has apparently at last succumbed, necessitated his leaving for a protracted stay in Europe last year, from which he only returned a few months ago to resume his former occupation. On the 1st of April last he became associated with the firm of Messrs. Maths and Duncan, in connection with which a further development of his public utility confidently anticipated. Mr. Foster was a man of strong personality, activity and intelligence: and it is undoubted that his loss will be felt, not only in the nearer circle of his relatives, but in the world of local industry and commerce with which he was associated by his life and labour.
1901 Obituary.[2]
... electrical engineer...(death) in the European Hospital, Bombay....twenty-nine years of age...
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Madras Weekly Mail - Thursday 13 June 1901
- ↑ The Engineer 1901 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous