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Bernhard Schaffer Harlow (c1867-1942) | |||
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'''1943 Obituary <ref>[[1943 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries]]</ref> | '''1943 Obituary <ref>[[1943 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries]]</ref> | ||
BERNHARD SCHAFFER HARLOW was governing director in the firm of [[Robert Harlow and Son|Messrs. Robert Harlow and Sons]], brassfounders and valve manufacturers, [[Heaton Norris]], Stockport, and was the son of the late Mr. Robert Harlow, who founded the firm as far back as 1833. | |||
His ancestors had been founders of brass for over 200 years. On the completion of his general education at Manchester Grammar School and his technical training at the Manchester Technical School, Mr. Harlow entered his father's works as an apprentice in 1887 and began an association with the firm which lasted for over fifty years until his death which occurred at Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, on 26th September 1942, in his seventy-fifth year. | |||
After assisting in the management he became proprietor of the business in 1895 and greatly extended the capacity of the works, which specialized in gunmetal engine and boiler mountings. Mr. Harlow was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1897 and was also an original Member of the Institute of Metals. | |||
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Bernhard Schaffer Harlow (c1867-1942)
1943 Obituary [1]
BERNHARD SCHAFFER HARLOW was governing director in the firm of Messrs. Robert Harlow and Sons, brassfounders and valve manufacturers, Heaton Norris, Stockport, and was the son of the late Mr. Robert Harlow, who founded the firm as far back as 1833.
His ancestors had been founders of brass for over 200 years. On the completion of his general education at Manchester Grammar School and his technical training at the Manchester Technical School, Mr. Harlow entered his father's works as an apprentice in 1887 and began an association with the firm which lasted for over fifty years until his death which occurred at Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, on 26th September 1942, in his seventy-fifth year.
After assisting in the management he became proprietor of the business in 1895 and greatly extended the capacity of the works, which specialized in gunmetal engine and boiler mountings. Mr. Harlow was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1897 and was also an original Member of the Institute of Metals.