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Alfred Fraser Lee (1887-1951) | |||
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"ALFRED FRASER LEE, who died in Birmingham on 27th September 1951 at the age of sixty-four, was the chief electrical engineer of [[Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles|Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd]]. He was recognised as one of the greatest authorities in Great Britain on the electrical installations used in battery electric transport. He was educated at King Edward's High School, Birmingham, and at the Technical School in that city, where hr also served an apprenticeship with [[Belliss and Morcom]], electrical engineers, from 1903 to 1907, with which firm he continued for a further seven years. He was first engaged as superintendent of erection and tests before going in 1911 to Para, Brazil, where he acted on behalf of the firm as assistant engineer at the generating station of the [[Para Electric Railway and Lighting Co]]; subsequently he was promoted to be superintendent and chief engineer." | |||
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Alfred Fraser Lee (1887-1951)
1952 Obituary [1]
"ALFRED FRASER LEE, who died in Birmingham on 27th September 1951 at the age of sixty-four, was the chief electrical engineer of Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd. He was recognised as one of the greatest authorities in Great Britain on the electrical installations used in battery electric transport. He was educated at King Edward's High School, Birmingham, and at the Technical School in that city, where hr also served an apprenticeship with Belliss and Morcom, electrical engineers, from 1903 to 1907, with which firm he continued for a further seven years. He was first engaged as superintendent of erection and tests before going in 1911 to Para, Brazil, where he acted on behalf of the firm as assistant engineer at the generating station of the Para Electric Railway and Lighting Co; subsequently he was promoted to be superintendent and chief engineer."