SAMUEL MAVOR
MR. MAVOR is a son of the late Rev. James Mavor, M.A., and
was born in Glasgow in 1863. He received his education at Pollokshields Academy
and Glasgow University, and after a mechanical training in engineering works in
the city, he spent several years with Messrs. Crompton & Co., of London and
Chelmsford. During his engagement with them he was associated with much of the
pioneer work in electric lighting in various parts of Britain and Ireland. In
1887 he went to the Far East as a naval engineer in the Japanese Government
service on board the protected cruiser Takachiho Kan, the vessel which
afterwards distinguished herself at the sinking of the Russian warships Variag
and Rurik and in saving six hundred of the latter's crew. On his return from
Japan he joined the staff of his brother's firm of Muir & Mavor, electrical
engineers, Glasgow, and later became a partner of the business under its new
title of Mavor & Coulson. He has travelled extensively, having journeyed on
business or pleasure in every country of Europe and in many outside of it. He is
a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a Member of the Institution of
Electrical Engineers and of other scientific and technical societies, and is
author of numerous papers on geographical and technical subjects.
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