Henry Albert Slack
Henry Albert Slack (1862-1926), journalist.
1926 Obituary
"Technical journalism has suffered a severe loss in the death of Mr H. A. Slack, whcih occurred at his home in Hove on Sunday last, after a very short illness. Me Alack was a familier figuire at technical meetings and congresses, in all parts of the world, and had a very large circle of acquaintances and friends. He was the most competent technical reporter in London, for he brought to his subject a good deal of scientific knowledge which he had acquired a varied career.
He was born in 1862, and was at one time a lecturer at the Working Men's College, and he was secretary to Mr. W. S. Caine when Civil Lord of the Admiralty, and for some years to Sir Norman Lockyer at the Solar Physics Laboratory, South Kensington. He took up journalism many years ago, and practiced it with tireless energy, He had the happy characteristic of never getting flurried even in the most trying moments, and never seeming to be in a hurry. Yet he was always ready to go anywhere and do anything at a moment's notice.
He was universally trusted by the Editors for whom he worked, and by those whom he had to meet in the course of his profession. Although a freelance journalist he was widely known as a reporter on special subjects for the Times, the Times Engineering Supplement, and The Engineer.