John Vickers Angus
John Vickers Angus (1889-1938)
1938 Obituary [1]
JOHN VICKERS ANGUS was industrial engineer to the Montreal Engineering Company, Ltd., a company which is responsible for supervising the engineering side of public utility companies in North and South America, on behalf of the Royal Securities Corporation, Montreal. Mr. Angus was principally engaged in the design and erection of electric power plants, and was responsible for the development of such plants in Mexico City; Porto Rico; St. Johns, Newfoundland; and St. Johns, New Brunswick.
He was born at Stocksfield on Tyne, Northumberland, in 1889, and received his technical education at the University of Sheffield and at Rutherford College, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1905 he became a premium apprentice in the works of Messrs. Thomas Flamwell and Son, general engineers, of Worksop, Notts, but two years later he joined the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company, Ltd., where he served for a further three years. He then entered the drawing office and was later placed in charge of trial trips and of experimental work in connection with oil fuel.
In 1912 he went to sea as an engineer officer in vessels owned by Ellerman Lines, Ltd., and in 1916 he gained his first-class Board of Trade Certificate. He became assistant to the general manager of the Armstrong Whitworth Company of Canada, Ltd., in 1921, and took charge of the reconstruction of works and the reorganization of the technical sales department. He was appointed engineer in charge of the plant and machine department of the George Cohen and Armstrong Disposal Corporation in 1923, and was responsible for all technical matters in connection with the sales of plant and machinery during the firm's contract with the Government.
Four years later Mr. Angus joined the Montreal Engineering Company as European engineering representative, with an office in Westminster, and was responsible for the supply of suitable plant and equipment from Europe to the power plants controlled by the firm in North and South America, including the negotiation of contracts, the supply of technical information to manufacturers, and the inspection of the machinery during construction.
In 1928 he received his appointment as industrial engineer, and went to Montreal, where his death occurred on 7th April 1937. He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1927.