William Mallet Kent
William Mallet Kent (1878-1913)
1913 Obituary [1]
WILLIAM MALLET KENT was born in Liverpool on 11th July 1878.
He was educated locally at the Marlborough College, and afterwards at the Liverpool College.
On leaving school in 1894 he was apprenticed to Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co., of Liverpool, and at the conclusion of his service in 1900 he joined the Stott Line of steamers as junior engineer, and remained in that employ until he obtained his Chief Engineer's certificate in 1904.
He then transferred his services to the Coker Line for a short time, after which he was engaged by the Moss Line, trading to Mediterranean ports.
In 1909 he was appointed assistant engineer in the Public Works Department of Cyprus, and soon became associated with the various schemes for the betterment of that island.
His zeal and devotion to his work hastened his death at Nicosia, which followed from an attack of pneumonia, on 31st August 1913, at the age of thirty-five.
He was elected an Associate Member of this Institution in 1912.