Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Henry Herbert Couzens

From Graces Guide

Henry Herbert Couzens (1878-1944)

1878 Born in Totnes[1]

1905 Associate of Inst Electrical Engineers

1909 H. H. Couzens, having been deputy electrical engineer for Bristol, was appointed resident engineer at West Ham Electricity Works[2]

1911 Electrical Engineer to West Ham Contractor[3]

By 1914 was working for the Toronto Hydro-electric works

By 1927 was in Brazil with the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Co

1937 Created KBE[4]

Vie-president of Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Co.; director of City of Santos Improvement Co., and the Sao Paulo Electric Co.

1944 Sir Henry Herbert Couzens of Sidmouth, Devon, died in Romford[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. The Times, Jun 25, 1909
  3. 1911 census
  4. The Times, Nov 21, 1944
  5. National Probate Calendar
  • Electrical Engineer records