William Harding Scott
William Harding Scott (born May 13, 1862 in Soham , England , † September 4, 1938 in Norwich ) was an English electrical engineer.
His parents were James and Ellen Scott. He studied at South Kensington College in the Science and Art Department and received a degree in Electricity and Magnetism .
In 1883 he started working for the Hammond Electric Lighting Company in London, which sent him to Norwich . When the mustard purveyors to the Colmans of Norwich (Jeremiah Colman) wanted to try out electric lighting in their mill, he set up his own little shop on King Street.
He did later with the financier Reginald Laurence (1859-1923) and co-founded Laurence Scott & Co Ltd .
In 1920 he was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire . He refused the knighthood.
After one of his two sons died in 1938, he died of a heart attack.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/stoke-holy-cross.html
- ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORFOLK/2003-05/1053201319
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette : 13582, 939 , April 1, 1920.
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| SURNAME | Scott, William Harding |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soham , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1938 |
| Place of death | Norwich |