John Edgar Lowe (1839-1897) of Bolling and Lowe
Died 1897 aged 58.[1]
1897 Obituary [2]
JOHN EDGAR LOWE was born in Derby on 20th May 1839.
He was educated at Derby Grammar School, and afterwards in France.
In 1855 be commenced an apprenticeship with Messrs. Handyside and Co., Derby; and went to Loudon in 1861 to become engineer to the firm of Messrs. William Bird and Co.
In 1879 he entered into partnership with Mr. Bolling as Messrs. Bolling and Lowe, engineers and contractors, and succeeded to the business of Messrs. William Bird and Co.
Having been in feeble health for some time, he died is London on 17th October 1897, at the age of fifty-eight.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1873.
1897 Obituary [3]
JOHN EDGAR Lowe died at Blackheath on October 17, 1897, at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a partner in the firm of Bolling & Lowe of Laurence Pountney Hill, E.C., which he joined on the retirement of the late Mr. James Bird, under whom he had been trained. The firm was well known, and enjoyed a large and important foreign connection. Mr. Lowe possessed an excellent technical knowledge of engineering matters, which was of great value in the management of the firm's extensive operations.
He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was an original member of the Iron and Steel Institute, and took a keen interest in its meetings, at which he was a constant attendant.
1898 Obituary [4]