William Richard Thomas Cottrell
William Richard Thomas Cottrell (1873-1907)
1907 Obituary [1]
WILLIAM RICHARD THOMAS COTTRELL, born on the 22nd August, 1873, was educated at Bristol, and subsequently pnrsued his studies at the Central Technical College, London.
In 1893 he was apprenticed to Messrs. Easton, Anderson and Goolden, of Erith, with whom, on completing his articles, he remained until 1898, taking charge of their electrical testing depzrtment during the latter part of his service.
After temporary employment under the London County Council, he became an Assistant Engineer in 1900 on the construction staff of the London United Tramways, afterwards becoming Chief Assistant Engineer.
From June, 1903, until his health broke down in 1906, he filled a similar position on the staff of the Central London Railway.
Having developed tuberculosis, he was sent for treatment to a sanatorium, and afterwards to Switzerland, where, after a temporary improvement, he died on the 4th February, l907, in his thirty-fourth year.
Mr. Cottrell was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 4th March, 1902.