James Champion Keast
James Champion Keast (1865-1914)
1914 Obituary [1]
JAMES CHAMPION KEAST was born at Illogan, Cornwall, on 13th September 1865.
He was educated at Pool School, 1873 to 1880, and attended evening classes at Camborne Mining School, 1882 to 1896.
From 1880 to 1886 he served his apprenticeship in the engineering works of the Tuckingmill Foundry Company, Camborne, Cornwall.
He was next engaged on mining and mill machinery by Messrs. W. Sara and Sons, Redruth, Cornwall, from 1886 to 1888, when he returned to the Tuckingmill Foundry and was engaged in the manufacture of steam-engines and air-compressors, 1888 to 1895, and for one year, 1895 to 1896, had charge of the erecting shops.
He also took evening classes in mechanical engineering at Redruth and Camborne, 1888 to 1896, when he was appointed Lecturer in Practical Mechanics at Camborne Mining School.
This post he was holding at the time of his death, which took place suddenly at the Mining School, on 29th May 1914, in his forty-ninth year.
He was elected an Associate Member of this Institution in 1901.