Edwin Adams (1862-1912) of Hulse and Co
1912 Obituary [1]
EDWIN ADAMS was born in Manchester in 1862.
He received his technical education at the Owens College, Manchester, where he was twice placed first in the examination for the Ashbury Exhibition.
He served his apprenticeship from 1880 to 1887 in the locomotive workshops of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway at Gorton, and on its completion he was engaged as a draughtsman in Messrs. Hulse and Co.'s Works, Salford. During 1888-9 he took charge of the firm's exhibits at Melbourne, and on his return to Salford he was employed as foreman at the works until 1892, when he was appointed assistant manager. In 1894 he became outside representative of the firm, both at home and abroad, and on its conversion into a company in 1898 he was made a director.
This position he held until the death of Mr. Henry Bates in 1903, when he was appointed managing director; he retained this post until his death which took place at Alderley Edge on 28th September 1912, at the age of fifty.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1897.
1912 Obituary [2]