Person Phillips; John Arthur (1822 - 1887) Phillips John Arthur 1822 - 1887 British Male Polgooth, near St Austell, Cornwall, England 18 February 1822 18 Fopstone Road, London 04 January 1887

18 Fopstone Road, Kensington, London (1879)

Civil engineer; Metallurgist Metallurgy Education: Ecole des Mines, Paris (graduated 1846) Career: Apprenticed to a surveyor, but left to study metallurgy; returned to England (1848); worked as a metallurgist, London; Professor of Metallurgy, College for Civil Engineers, Putney (1848-1850); spent a year in California (1853); built and managed a metal works, Widnes; studied the microscopic structure of minerals and rocks Son of John Phillips and his wife Prudence Gaved of Tregian, St Ewe; married (1850) Mary Ann, daughter of George Andrews of Carne, Cornwall Fellow 02/06/1881 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1887-1888 vol 43 pp iii-iv signed by W W S 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 18 Feb 1822 - 4 Jan 1887 NA4990 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/49606311 0a88f4fe-3ead-4aa9-9c88-207a6861c893