William Silver Hall
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William Silver Hall (1844-1906)
1906 Obituary [1]
By the death of Mr. William Silver Hall, M.Inst.C.E., at his house in Tokyo, Japan, on July 26th, another of the men who may claim to have been among the early instructors of the Japanese has passed away.
He was one of those Englishmen who have known how to gain and keep the confidence of the enterprising and astute people of Japan, and was one of the last to be retained in that country as responsible engineering adviser to one of the three leading Japanese merchant firms.
For very many years he held this position with Messrs. Takata and Co., and although he left them some years ago . . . [More]
1907 Obituary [2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 10th August 1906
- ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings