Person Clark; Josiah Latimer (1822 - 1898) Clark Josiah Latimer Latimer 1822 - 1898 British Male Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England 10 March 1822 31 The Grove, Boltons, London 30 October 1898 Burial: Kensington parochial cemetery, Hanwell

Civil engineer Technology Career: Began working as a Chemist; worked in a firm of chemical manufacturers, Dublin; took up railway surveying (c 1847); Engineer under his brother Edwin Clark, Menai Straits bridge (1848); Chief Engineer, Electric and International Telegraph Company (1860-1870); partner in the firm Clark, Ford and Taylor, laying cable in different parts of the world; invented the 'double cap invert' insulator; constructed the standard voltaic battery known as the 'Clark cell' (1873) Memberships: FRAS; FRGS Fellow 06/06/1889 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB ©The Royal Society 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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-7843 10 Mar 1822 - 30 Oct 1898 NA6970 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29090020 da189da2-da7c-4d03-98f9-52a4a2dc81ab