Arthur Brown (engineer)

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Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, 1898
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Tramway depot, Bunbury Street, Nottingham, now bus garage, 1901
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Former power station on St Ann's Well Road (1901-02), now Depot Climbing Nottingham

Arthur Brown M.Inst. C.E. (21 November 1851 - 13 April 1935) [1] was City Engineer for Nottingham, England from 1880 [2] to 1919.

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Life

He was born on 21 November 1851 in Nottingham, the son of George Hutchinson Brown a Nottingham merchant. He was educated at Nottingham Grammar School.

On 13 March 1877 at All Saints' Church, Nottingham he married Caroline Goodwin (1854-1919), only daughter of T.A. Goodwin of Nottingham, and they had the following children:

For many years he lived in Glenthorne, Lucknow Avenue, Nottingham. He died on 13 April 1935 and left an estate valued at £43,626 (equivalent to £3,221,900in 2021). [4]

Career

He was articled to the Borough Engineer Marriott Ogle Tarbotton becoming Assistant Borough Engineer in 1874, and succeeded to the role himself in 1880. He retired in 1919. [5]

Works

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References

  1. "Mr. Arthur Brown" . Nottingham Journal. England. 15 April 1935. Retrieved 5 March 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Briscoe, John Potter; Pike, William Thomas (1901). Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. W.T. Pike and Company.
  3. "Tragic fate of a Nottm. Nurse" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 4 January 1918. Retrieved 5 March 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. "Mr. Arthur Brown" . Nottingham Journal. England. 9 September 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "The Maker of Modern Nottingham" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 March 1908. Retrieved 5 March 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "New Power Plant" . Nottingham Journal. England. 16 July 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Elain Harwood (2008). Nottingham: city guides. Pevsner architectural guides. London: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-12666-2.
  9. "Tenders. City of Nottingham" . Nottingham Journal. England. 17 May 1913. Retrieved 5 March 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.