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1957 Died at Esher in Surrey | |||
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'''1957 Obituary <ref> [[1957 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries]] </ref> | |||
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William Hawthorne, Electrical engineer
c.1878 Born in Kircubbin, Co. Down
Educated at Queen's University, Belfast
1903 Started work in electrical engineering under Charles Merz
1905 Worked on the electrification of railways around Newcastle[1]
c.1906 Became a member of the firm Merz and McLellan. Member of Inst Civil Engineers
1912 Married Elizabeth Curle Greenfield in Newcastle[2]
Three sons including William Rede Hawthorne, who became Professor of Applied Mechanics at Cambridge, and Edward Peterson Hawthorne, research engineer[3], and John G. Hawthorne[4]
WWI Served in Army Supply Equipment Organisation, working on petrol electric locomotives and mobile power stations and generating plant
Involved in development of electricity supplies in many countries.
1957 Died at Esher in Surrey
1957 Obituary [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Times, Jan 10, 1958