Difference between revisions of "Jonathan Edward Hodgkin"
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Jonathan Edward Hodgkin (1875-1953) | Jonathan Edward Hodgkin (1875-1953) | ||
1910 Of the [[North Eastern Automobile Association]]. Seventeen years with [[Ernest Scoff and Mountain. Biographical information and image at [[Automotor Journal 19100730]] | |||
1919 Director of [[Harper Bean]] and Director of [[Motor Union Insurance Co]]. Of Shelleys, Darlington.<ref>Western Daily Press - Monday 01 December 1919</ref> | 1919 Director of [[Harper Bean]] and Director of [[Motor Union Insurance Co]]. Of Shelleys, Darlington.<ref>Western Daily Press - Monday 01 December 1919</ref> | ||
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''' 1954 Obituary <ref>[[The Engineer 1954/01/01]]</ref> | ''' 1954 Obituary <ref>[[The Engineer 1954/01/01]]</ref> | ||
IT is with regret that we have to record the | IT is with regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Jonathan Edward Hodgkin, on Saturday last, December 26th at his home at Bishop Auckland. | ||
death of Mr. Jonathan Edward Hodgkin, on | |||
Saturday last, December 26th at his home at | |||
Bishop Auckland. | |||
Mr. Hodgkin was born at | Mr. Hodgkin was born at Darlington on November 4, 1875, and following his education at Bootham School York and Lighton Park School, Reading, he was apprenticed as an electrical engineer with [[Ernest Scott and Mountain|Ernest Scott and Mountain, Ltd.]], of Newcastle on Tyne. | ||
Darlington on November 4, 1875, and following | |||
his education at Bootham School York and | |||
Lighton Park School, Reading, he was apprenticed | |||
as an electrical engineer with [[Ernest Scott and Mountain|Ernest Scott and Mountain, Ltd.]], of Newcastle on Tyne. | |||
Shortly after completing his apprenticeship | Shortly after completing his apprenticeship he started business on his own account and during his subsequent career in industry was connected in an administrative capacity with more than twenty public and private companies. | ||
he started business on | |||
his subsequent career in industry was connected | |||
in an administrative capacity with more than | |||
twenty public and private companies. | |||
For thirty-five years he was associated with the | For thirty-five years he was associated with the [[Motor Union Insurance Co|Motor Union Insurance Company]]. | ||
[[Motor Union Insurance Co|Motor Union Insurance Company]]. | |||
He was chairman of [[Darlington Wire Mills|Darlington Wire Mills, Ltd.]], and | He was chairman of [[Darlington Wire Mills|Darlington Wire Mills, Ltd.]], and served on the boards of a number of other firms associated with the engineering industry. | ||
served on the boards of a number of other | |||
firms associated with the engineering industry. | |||
Mr. Hodgkin was also a noted archaeologist | Mr. Hodgkin was also a noted archaeologist and played an important part in the formation of the Pierce Bridge Excavation Committee and in the excavation of the British Camp at Hamsterley. | ||
and played an important part in the formation | |||
of the Pierce Bridge Excavation Committee | |||
and in the excavation of the British Camp at Hamsterley. | |||
He was a member of the Institution | He was a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a member of the Institution of Mining Engineers. | ||
of Electrical Engineers and a member of the | |||
Institution of Mining Engineers. | |||
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Revision as of 14:11, 8 October 2019
Jonathan Edward Hodgkin (1875-1953)
1910 Of the North Eastern Automobile Association. Seventeen years with [[Ernest Scoff and Mountain. Biographical information and image at Automotor Journal 19100730
1919 Director of Harper Bean and Director of Motor Union Insurance Co. Of Shelleys, Darlington.[1]
1954 Obituary [2]
IT is with regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Jonathan Edward Hodgkin, on Saturday last, December 26th at his home at Bishop Auckland.
Mr. Hodgkin was born at Darlington on November 4, 1875, and following his education at Bootham School York and Lighton Park School, Reading, he was apprenticed as an electrical engineer with Ernest Scott and Mountain, Ltd., of Newcastle on Tyne.
Shortly after completing his apprenticeship he started business on his own account and during his subsequent career in industry was connected in an administrative capacity with more than twenty public and private companies.
For thirty-five years he was associated with the Motor Union Insurance Company.
He was chairman of Darlington Wire Mills, Ltd., and served on the boards of a number of other firms associated with the engineering industry.
Mr. Hodgkin was also a noted archaeologist and played an important part in the formation of the Pierce Bridge Excavation Committee and in the excavation of the British Camp at Hamsterley.
He was a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a member of the Institution of Mining Engineers.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Western Daily Press - Monday 01 December 1919
- ↑ The Engineer 1954/01/01