Education
He was educated at the Sidcot School.
He then entered the engineering works of John Fowler & Co., Leeds, and built up a solid position in the firm so that he was able to take a leading part in the engineering industry.
In 1860, he moved to Guildford in Surrey, where he practiced as an engineer and in 1870, moved to Grays in Essex.
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