Isaac Enoch Lester (c1865-1925)
1925 Obituary
"A prominent figure has been lost to the iron trade of the Midlands and Staffordshire by the death of Mr. Isaac Lester, of Edgbaston, Birmingham. Mr. Lester was closely associated with the iron trade of the Midlands for many years, was an authority on foundry work, and had taken an active interest in research work. He was a native of Wednesbury, and obtained his scientific education at the Midland Institute, Birmingham, and the Royal School of Mines, London. For some years he was foundry manager at Kynoch's, Ltd., and produced the first casting for heavy shells made by that company. He spent five years in India laying down the first foundry at which the castings were produced for the first locomotive made in India. For the past seventeen years he was manager for Charles Akrill and Co., Ltd., of West Bromwich. He was a past-president of the Birmingham Metallurgical Society and the Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute. [1]
1926 Obituary [2]
ISAAC E. LESTER died at his residence at Edgbaston on November 27, 1925.
Mr. Lester, who was the son of a former manager of the Monway Works and of the Patent Shaft and Axletree Co., Ltd., received his early training at the Midland Institute, Birmingham, and at the Royal School of Mines.
He made a special study of foundry work, and eventually was appointed manager of the foundry of Kynochs Ltd.
He afterwards proceeded to India, for the purpose of establishing a foundry for the East India Railway Co., where he produced castings for the first locomotives built in India by the cos pang.
After his return to this country he became manager to Charles Akrill & Co., Ltd., ironfounders, of West Bromwich, and subsequently became managing director of that firm.
He was a past-president of the Birmingham Metallurgical Society and of the Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute. He was a constant attendant at the meetings of the Iron and Steel Institute, and on the occasion of the Birmingham Meeting in 1925 he. was a member of the Executive Committee, giving valuable assistance in organising the arrangements for the Meeting.
He was elected a member of the Institute in 1899.
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- ↑ The Engineer 1925/12/04
- ↑ 1926 Iron and Steel Institute: Obituaries