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William Hawthorne, Electrical engineer | |||
c.1878 Born in Kircubbin, Co. Down | c.1878 Born in Kircubbin, Co. Down | ||
Educated at Queen's University, Belfast | Educated at Queen's University, Belfast | ||
1903 Started work in electrical engineering | 1903 Started work in electrical engineering under Charles Merz | ||
1905 Worked on the electrification of railways around Newcastle<ref>Civil Engineer Records</ref> | |||
c.1906 Became a member of the firm [[Merz and McLellan]] | c.1906 Became a member of the firm [[Merz and McLellan]]. Member of Inst Civil Engineers | ||
1912 Married Elizabeth Curle Greenfield in Newcastle<ref>BMD</ref> | 1912 Married Elizabeth Curle Greenfield in Newcastle<ref>BMD</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]
3 sons including William Rede Hawthorne, who became Professor of Applied Mechanics at Cambridge, and Edward Peterson Hawthorne, research engineer[3]
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.
1959 Died at Esher in Surrey
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Times, Jan 10, 1958