Robert Hodson Parsons (1876-1963)
1876 Born in Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire, son of Charles and Jane Parsons
Educated at Andover Grammar School
1892-9 Apprenticed at L&SWR Nine Elms Works, Tasker and Sons, Andover, George Saxon Ltd, Openshaw
W. J. Jenkins and Co, Retford
1901 Ferranti Ltd, Hollinwood
1903 Associate member of Inst Civil Engineers
1904-9 Assistant to editors of Engineering, London
Alberta, Canada, superintendent of electric light and power department and of waterworks
1915 Sapper in Royal Engineers, assistant works manager at Ponders End shell factory, then technical officer in Ministry of Munitions and Admiralty working on anti-submarine
1921 Member of technical staff of Engineering, London
1923 Member of I Mech E
Author of "The Development of the Parsons steam turbine"
1940 Published "The early days of the power station industry"
1963 Died in Ticehurst, East Sussex[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ BMD
- Mechanical engineer records
- Civil engineer records