Person Mather; Thomas (1856 - 1937); engineer Mather Thomas engineer 1856 - 1937 British Male Higher Walton, near Preston, England 15 December 1856 18561215 23/06/1937 19370623

Engineer Engineering Educatin: Local church school; St. Paul’s School, Preston; Owens College (1878-1881); Royal College of Science, South Kensington (1881-2) Career: Apprenticed to an engineering firm at Higher Walton; apprenticed to Messrs. Calyton & Sons, engineers, and boilermakers of Preston (1875-78); attended evening classes at St. Paul’s School, Preston; various scholarships enabled him to pursue engineering courses and qualifications; assistant to Professor William Edward Ayrton (FRS 1881) at the start of the technical teaching work financed by the City and Guilds of London Institute; followed Professor Ayrton from the College at Finsbury to the one at South Kensington, now part of Imperial College; on the death of Ayrton, he was appointed acting Professor Electrical Engineering (1908) later made full Professor (1910); retired with the title of Emeritus Professor (1922). Memberships: Physical Society Institution of Electrical Engineers Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute Fellow 05/06/1902 46 Henry Edward Armstrong; Stephen Joseph Perry; John Viriamu Jones; James Alfred Ewing; Shelford Bidwell; Charles Vernon Boys; Oliver Joseph Lodge; Silvanus Phillips Thompson; William Edward Ayrton; George Carey Foster; George Francis Fitzgerald Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 381-384, plate, by W E Sumpner International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1938.0022 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Mather%2C+Thomas 15 Dec 1856 - 23 Jun 1937 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 05/06/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1288 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes a1926a5c-cc9a-4c8a-aaf2-1183ed3c37d1