Person Hopkinson; John (1849 - 1898); electrical engineer Hopkinson John electrical engineer 1849 - 1898 British Male Manchester, Lancashire, England 27 July 1849 18490727 Petite Dent de Veisivi, Val d'Herens, Switzerland, Europe 27 August 1898 18980827 Burial: Territet, Switzerland, Europe

Woodlea, Beech Lanes, Birmingham (1877)

electrical engineer Electricity Physics Education: Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1871, Senior Wrangler and 1st Smith's Prizeman), MA; DSc (London) Career: Entered his father’s work (1871); became manager and engineer in the lighthouse and optical department of Chance Brothers of Birmingham (1872); set up as a consulting engineer in London (1878); scientific adviser to the British Edison Company (1881-1883); appointed professor of electrical engineering and head of the Siemens Laboratory at King's College, London (1890); appointed by the Manchester corporation to advise on the electric lighting of the city, acting as consulting engineer (1891); consulting engineer to the corporations of Leeds, Liverpool, and St Helens to supervise their works for electric traction (1896); consulting engineer to the contractors for the electrical work on the City and South London Railway; electrical engineer for the Kirkstall and Roundhay tramway at Leeds (1896); he died, alond with his son John, and two of his daughters, Alice and Lina, while ascending the Petite Dent de Veisivi in the Val d'Herens, an offshoot from the Rhone valley (1849). Memberships: Institution of Civil Engineers (1877) Institution of Electrical Engineers (President 1890 and 1896). Parents: John Hopkinson, mechanical engineer, and Alice, daughter of John Dewhurst of Skipton. Brother: Sir Alfred Hopkinson Spouse: Evelyn Oldenbourg (1873) Children: Bertram Hopkinson (FRS 1910); John; Alice; Lina. Son in law: Sir James Alfred Ewing (FRS 1887) Noted for his proposal of the three-wire system of electric distribution (1882); a theory of the design of dynamos (1886); and the identification of the theoretical basis for running alternators in parallel. Roles: Council 1886-7; 1891-3) Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1890 Fellow 06/06/1878 29 Philip Kelland William Thomson Fleeming Jenkin John Hall Gladstone William Kingdon Clifford James Prescott Joule Thomas Andrews William Benjamin Carpenter George Carey Foster James Clerk Maxwell Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1898-1899 vol 64 pp xvii-xxiv signed by J A E References: T M Charlton, 'Professor Bertram Hopkinson, CMG, MA, BSc, FRS (1874-1918)' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 101-109 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 27 Jul 1849 - 27 Aug 1898 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 30/10/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8063 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 30/10/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/59450460 54ea4887-ebcb-4b27-ba85-e55103af7484