John Clark (1848-1926)
John Clark (1848-1926)
1926 Obituary [1]
JOHN CLARK died on April 3, 1926. He was born in 1848 at Campbeltown, where he also received his early schooling.
He afterwards served his engineering apprenticeship with Jas. Aitken & Co., Cranstonhill, Glasgow, in the works subsequently carried on by Rait & Lindsay.
He added to his experience by serving in Denny & Co.'s works, Dumbarton, and when the opportunity arrived he went to sea as Fourth Engineer in the B.I.S.N. Co.'s Ethiopia, built by Denny & Co., in 1868, with two cylinder engines, surface condenser and 25 lb. boiler pressure for the Indian coast service. He gradually gained promotion to Chief, and in 1874 was appointed Assistant Superintendent Engineer in Calcutta.
In 1878 he was promoted to Superintendent Engineer acting in Bombay, and elected by the Government Board to supervise the Examination of Engineers for Certificates.
In 1881 he was appointed Resident Superintendent Engineer in Calcutta, and was transferred from India in 1887 to the head office in Glasgow as Superintendent Engineer for the construction of new vessels.
The head office was removed to London in 1893, when Mr. Clark also removed.
On retiring from office with the B.I.S.N. Co. he became associated with James Howden & Co. in London, and subsequently with Dr. Kapadia in connection with the process for preservation and carriage of fruit and other products.
Mr. Clark was an Original Member of the Institute of Metals.