Benjamin Conner (Jnr)
| Benjamin Conner (Jnr) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1864 Glasgow |
| 💀Died | 23 October 1940 Glasgow23 October 1940 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Scottish |
| 💼 Occupation | Engineer |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Benjamin Connor, Helen Dick |
Benjamin Conner, Jr (1864 - 1940) was a Scottish architect, engineer, a civil engineer[1], and a locomotive designer for the Caledonian Railway. His father was a locomotive superintendent for the same railroad.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Conner was born in Glasgow and died in the city's Western Infirmary. The son of Benjamin Conner, locomotive engineer, and Helen Dick, he had four siblings, James (born 1854), Cristina (born 1858), Alexander (born 1860) and William (born 1867).
He studied at Glasgow Technical College.
Education and career[edit]
After college he started as an apprentice at J Copeland & Co, a Glasgow company of engineers, millwrights and boilermakers, on 6 August 1883. He stayed with J Copeland & Co until 30 September 1886 after working one year in shop fitting and two in the drawing office. He then joined the Caledonian Railway Company at their Locomotive Works, the department his father had headed. Conner was under the supervision of Dugald Drummond from 12 October 1886 until 30 November 1888. On 3 December 1888, he entered the civil engineering department of the Caledonian Railway Company as an assistant to Robert Dundas, working on designing steel bridges and structures, stone buildings, retaining walls and general railway infrastructure. Dundas would go on to propose Conner for the Institution of Civil Engineers on 7 October 1896. Conner would become an associate member of the institution on 8 December 1896.[3]
In 1902, Conner opened a private practice on Vincent Street in Glasgow, from where he designed a first-floor extension of the Arlington Baths Club for the Glasgow Swimming Bath Co Ltd.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Conner married Anna Arthur Yule of Hyndland, Glasgow on 9th June 1903[5]. His death, aged 75, was the result of intercranial haemorrhaging and other injuries sustained from a road accident with a lorry.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Conner, Benjamin. "Entry in Dictionary of Scottish Architects". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ↑ "Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine". D. Van Nostrand. 21 November 1872 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818–1930 pg86-87 certificate range 9601-9800 (membership lists and proposal forms). Institution of Civil Engineers. December 1896. Search this book on
- ↑ Connor, Benjamin (6 August 1902). Proposed Additional Accommodation at the Arlington Baths 1/9154 sheets 1-4 (Architectural Plans). GCA. Search this book on
- ↑ Conner, Benjamin (9 June 1903). Statutory Register of Marriages 646/3 169. NRS Edinburgh: National Records of Scotland. p. 85. Search this book on
- ↑ Conner, Benjamin (23 December 1940). Statutory Register of Deaths 644/13 1087. NRS Edinburgh: National Records of Scotland. p. 363. Search this book on
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