Adamson George Wild
Adamson George Wild (1869-1925)
1926 Obituary [1]
ADAMSON GEORGE WILD, elder son of the late Mr. James Wild, of Messrs. James and F. C. Wild, steel and file makers, Sheffield, was born in 1869, and was educated at the Retford Grammar School and at King Edward VI.'s School, East Retford.
He served his apprenticeship from 1885 to 1887 with Messrs. Easterbrook, Allcard, and Wild, engineers' tool makers and iron founders, Sheffield, and later spent some time as an improver in the engineers' department of Messrs. Thomas Firth and Co., Ltd.
In 1894 he became superintending engineer with the late Mr. W. S. Laycock, of the Victoria Street Works, Sheffield, and in this capacity was instrumental in introducing the system of heating railway carriages by means of steam from the locomotive conveyed in pipes throughout the train to heaters in the compartments - a system which superseded the old foot-warmers.
Mr. Wild travelled extensively in Europe and America. In the latter country he made a special study of the Master Car Builders automatic couplers, there used universally, and was responsible for the installation as fitted to the joint rolling stock on the East Coast section of the North-Eastern and Great Northern Railways.
Mr. Wild was recognized as an authority in this country on both steam-heating apparatus and automatic couplers and draft gear, in connexion with which he took out several patents, some of which are still in use in this country and elsewhere.
Soon after Mr. Laycock's death Mr. Wild resigned his position in that business and founded the firm of A. G. Wild and Co., Ltd., Sheffield, engineers and manufacturers of railway stock supplies.
His death occurred on 13th October 1925.
He became an Associate Member of this Institution in 1895 and a Member in 1906.