Joseph Gordon Pope
Joseph Gordon Pope (1863-1904)
1904 Obituary [1]
JOSEPH GORDON POPE was born in 1863.
He started his engineering career in 1881 in the shops of the Harrison Steam Steering Gear Co., at Pendleton, Manchester, remaining about eighteen months, and he was then employed for four years in the shops and drawing office of Messrs. John Musgrave and Sons, Bolton.
In 1887 he became an assistant engineer to the Manchester Steam Users' Association, under the late Mr. Lavington E. Fletcher, reporting and advising on the conditions and repairs necessary to boilers.
Subsequently he was employed by Messrs. Bryan Donkin and Co. as draughtsman until 1891 when he took charge of an iron foundry at Clayton, Manchester, superintending the manufacture of large chemical pans, retorts, &c.
In 1894 he went to Messrs. J. E. H. Andrew and Co., of Reddish, subsequently becoming a partner in the firm of their London agents, Messrs. Bilbie, Hobson and Co.
He met with an accident when testing a gas-engine on the 8th July 1904, which rendered him unconscious, and he remained so until his death, which took place on 21st July 1904, at the age of forty-one.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1899.