Joseph Louis Gaston Deschamps
Joseph Louis Gaston Deschamps (1885-1941)
1942 Obituary.[1]
JOSEPH LOUIS GASTON DESCHAMPS died at Hitchin on December 15th, 1941, after a long period of ill-health. Having graduated at Liege University, Belgium, he went to Letchworth in 1915 as a young engineer and worked in the shops and foundry of Messrs. Kryn and Lahy in various capacities until 1917, when he became assistant general manager. In 1919 he left, but returned after three months to become general manager. When the new company Messrs. Kryn and Lahy (1928), Ltd., was formed, he and the late Mr. Abel were appointed joint managing directors, and Mr. Deschamps was holding this position at the time of his death. He was one of the leading authorities in Great Britain on the manufacture of steel castings.
Mr. Deschamps became a Member of the Institute in 1924.
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- ↑ 1942 Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute