Edward Carpmael
Edward Carpmael (c1847-1931), patent agent
son of William Carpmael
1931 Obituary.[1]
THE death of Mr. Edward Carpmael is announced as having taken place at his home in West Norwood on Tuesday last, October 6th, after a long illness.
Mr. Carpmael, who was in his eighty-fourth year, was the son of William Carpmael, a consulting engineer and patent agent, who for a number of years served prominently on the old Metropolitan Board of Works.
Mr. Edward, though he did not practise as an engineer, had, during his preparation to enter his father's business as patent agent, received an extensive training in engineering matters. In the course of his active professional career, which lasted for about half a century, it fell to his lot to draft the specifications for letters patent in connection with many of the leading inventions of the time, among which may be cited the original Marconi specification in 1896.
He was a founder member of the Institute of Chartered Patent Agents, which was formed in 1882. and to the Council of which he was nominated in 1888. He served as President during the period 1899-1901. In 1921, after he had retired from practice, he was elected an Honorary Member of the body, being the fourth to receive that distinction, the three first having been Lords Alverstone, Moulton, and Parker - all of them judges of the High Court.
Mr. Carpmael, who had been a Scholar at St. John's College, Cambridge, took a mathematical degree among the Wranglers of his year. He was an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.