Person

Nimmo, William Henry (1861 - 1909)

Born
29 October 1861
Bridge of Allan, Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died
20 August 1909
Armadale, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer and Electrical engineer

Summary

William Nimmo, CE AssocMInstCE AMIEE, civil and electrical engineer, was Assistant Electrical Engineer, City of Melbourne, 1893-1903, in charge of electric lighting. He was well respected as a man of great ability and broad scientific knowledge. Between 1890 and 1892 he started making steel on the Siemen's-Martin process in a plant that he had set up, but was unable to invest further in its development. In 1903, he moved into private practice, and after he contracted a lung disease, moved to a more rural environment. But his health never recovered.

His son, William Hogarth Robertson Nimmo was also a civil engineer, but possibly due to his father's decline, was unable to complete his electrical engineering and science degrees.

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Chronology

1864
Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia [With his father William Nimmo and mother Jessie Paul]
1887 - 1889
Career position - Pupilage, Otis Engineering Company
1888
Career event - Member, Victorian Engineers Association
1889
Education - Certificate of Civil Engineering (CCE), University of Melbourne
1890 - 1893
Career position - Experimented with steel production, and with iron and silver ore processing.
1893 - 1901
Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, Melbourne City Council [under A J Arnot, during the period when the electric lighting of Melbourne was installed - including engines, boilers, dynamos, poles, wires and lights.]
1895
Career event - Associate (AssocIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
1 Dec 1896
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1900
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
1901
Career event - Council member, Victorian Institute of Engineers
1901 - 1903
Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, Melbourne City Council [under H R Harper]
1903 - 1909
Career position - Engineer in private practice

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