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Died 1895 aged 40 after lift accident.<ref>[[The Engineer 1895/03/01]], p183.</ref> | Died 1895 aged 40 after lift accident.<ref>[[The Engineer 1895/03/01]], p183.</ref> | ||
1895 'The Late Mr. T. C. Read, of Lloyd’s.— <br>Mr. T. C. | |||
Read, one of the principal assistants to the chief surveyor at Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, who was killed | |||
by the collapse of the hydraulic lift in the office of that | |||
society, on the 25th ult., began his career in the profession | |||
of a naval architect as an Admiralty student in the Royal | |||
Naval College, where he attained to one of the highest | |||
positions amongst the students. Owing to his success | |||
there, he was appointed on the constructive staff of the | |||
Admiralty. In view of his success there he was appointed | |||
by the Committee of Lloyd’s Register Society as one of | |||
the surveyors of that institution, and was engaged in | |||
many of the important questions which recently occupied | |||
the attention of the shipping community, and in assisting | |||
the chief surveyor in the adaptation of their rules to the | |||
varying types of ships which have recently come into | |||
existence, as also in the framing of the important compulsory freeboard tables framed by a committee appointed | |||
by the President of the Board of Trade. At the same | |||
time, he was well known to the profession on account of | |||
the valuable scientific papers on naval architecture which | |||
he read at the Institute of Naval Architects. Much of | |||
his work was done in association with the late Professor Jenkins, of Glasgow University. He was only 40 | |||
years of age.'<ref>[[Engineering 1895/03/01]]</ref> | |||
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Thomas Croad Read (c1855-1895)
Assistant to the Chief Surveyor of Lloyd's Register.
Died 1895 aged 40 after lift accident.[1]
1895 'The Late Mr. T. C. Read, of Lloyd’s.—
Mr. T. C.
Read, one of the principal assistants to the chief surveyor at Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, who was killed
by the collapse of the hydraulic lift in the office of that
society, on the 25th ult., began his career in the profession
of a naval architect as an Admiralty student in the Royal
Naval College, where he attained to one of the highest
positions amongst the students. Owing to his success
there, he was appointed on the constructive staff of the
Admiralty. In view of his success there he was appointed
by the Committee of Lloyd’s Register Society as one of
the surveyors of that institution, and was engaged in
many of the important questions which recently occupied
the attention of the shipping community, and in assisting
the chief surveyor in the adaptation of their rules to the
varying types of ships which have recently come into
existence, as also in the framing of the important compulsory freeboard tables framed by a committee appointed
by the President of the Board of Trade. At the same
time, he was well known to the profession on account of
the valuable scientific papers on naval architecture which
he read at the Institute of Naval Architects. Much of
his work was done in association with the late Professor Jenkins, of Glasgow University. He was only 40
years of age.'[2]
1895 Obituary [3]