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WILLIAM E. CLELAND died suddenly on July 13, 1933, at the age of seventy-one. | WILLIAM E. CLELAND died suddenly on July 13, 1933, at the age of seventy-one. | ||
He served his engineering apprenticeship with [[Murray and | He served his engineering apprenticeship with [[Murray and Paterson|Messrs. Murray and Patterson]], of Coatbridge, and continued his education at South Kensington and Glasgow Universities, where he had gained scholarships. For three years he was a demonstrator in engineering at the Yorkshire College. | ||
In 1889 he was invited to take over the management of the [[Sheffield Testing Works|Sheffield Testing Works, Ltd.]]; subsequently he became managing director. | In 1889 he was invited to take over the management of the [[Sheffield Testing Works|Sheffield Testing Works, Ltd.]]; subsequently he became managing director. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:55, 11 November 2021
William E. Cleland (c1862-1933), managing director of the Sheffield Testing Works
1933 Obituary [1]
WILLIAM E. CLELAND died suddenly on July 13, 1933, at the age of seventy-one.
He served his engineering apprenticeship with Messrs. Murray and Patterson, of Coatbridge, and continued his education at South Kensington and Glasgow Universities, where he had gained scholarships. For three years he was a demonstrator in engineering at the Yorkshire College.
In 1889 he was invited to take over the management of the Sheffield Testing Works, Ltd.; subsequently he became managing director.
He was a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institute of Metals and the American Society for Testing Materials.
He joined the Iron and Steel Institute in 1910.
1934 Obituary [2]
WILLIAM CLELAND was a director and general manager of the Sheffield Testing Works, with which firm he had been connected for forty-five years.
He was a native of Coatbridge and served a three years' apprenticeship with Messrs. Murray and Patterson, Coatbridge.
He then obtained an exhibition for three years at the University of Glasgow, where he studied under Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and obtained a Thomson Scholarship.
From 1883 to 1886 he worked in the physical laboratory at the University of Glasgow and was then appointed demonstrator in the newly opened engineering laboratories of the Yorkshire College, Leeds.
In 1889 he was appointed manager of the Sheffield Testing Works, and later was made general manager and a director of the firm.
His death occurred on 12th July 1933, in his seventy-first year.
He had been a Member of the Institution since 1890.