George William Drory
George William Drory (born January 10, 1803 in Colchester , † July 19, 1879 in Ghent ) was a British engineer and gas works entrepreneur .
George William Drory worked from 1826 for the Imperial Continental Gas Association , which was founded in London in 1824, and soon became chief engineer and inspector general for the company's European plants. In 1826 he began to build up the gas supply in Hanover and in 1828 in Berlin , each time with the support of his brother Leonard Drory . From 1835 he was director of the gas works in Ghent , where he settled and also worked as the Royal Hanoverian Consul .
In 1836 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society , in 1837 a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers .
From 1835 he was married to Stéphanie Maria van Aken from Gent (1811-1897), with whom he had five daughters. His daughter Stephanie (1842–1863) was married to the chemist August Kekulé , his daughter Elisabeth (* 1837) to the architect Adolphe Pauli .
literature
- Herbert Liman: The Drory family. A dynasty in the history of European gas works . In: Fire and Flame for Berlin. 170 years of gas in Berlin, 150 years of municipal gas works . Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1997, pp. 15–28.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abstracts of the Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Volume 3, London 1837, p. 368 ( online ).
- ^ Richard Anschütz: August Kekulé . Verlag Chemie, Berlin 1929, Vol. 1, pp. 234-235 ( online ).
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| SURNAME | Drory, George William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British engineer and gas company contractor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1879 |
| Place of death | Ghent |