Frederick George Harrisson
Frederick George Harrisson (1886-1926)
1926 Obituary [1]
FREDERICK GEORGE HARRISSON was born on 19th July 1886 at Chiswick, London, and acquired his education locally, this training being subsequently supplemented by attendance at the classes of the Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic.
He entered the Works of the Thornycroft Steam Wagon Co., Ltd., Chiswick, as an apprentice in 1903, was transferred to the parent Company - Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd. - in 1905, and on the termination of his indentures remained in the drawing-office of that firm until 1911, when he resigned to take up similar work with the Consolidated Diesel Engine Manufacturers, Ltd., for whom he afterwards undertook superintendence work.
In 1913 he entered the employment of Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox, and later he was engaged as chief draughtsman by Messrs. Brazil Straker and Co., Ltd., Bristol, with whom and their successors - the Commercial and Marine Engine Co., Ltd., of Hanwell, London - he remained as engineer and sales manager until 1919.
The next three years were spent with Messrs. Petters, Ltd., and Vickers-Petters, Ltd., Yeovil, as chief designer, but he resigned this position in 1921 and went shortly afterwards to the United States where in November of the following year he entered the employment of the McIntosh and Seymour Corporation, Diesel engine manufacturers, Auburn, New York.
His death took place on 6th March 1926 at Sayre, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
He became an Associate Member of this Institution in 1920, and was a Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.