Background
Peck, John Sedgwick was born on November 20, 1871 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry Dwight and Jennie M. (Tucker) Peck.
Peck, John Sedgwick was born on November 20, 1871 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry Dwight and Jennie M. (Tucker) Peck.
Preparatory education Staunton Military Academy, Virginia. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1892.
Began work in shops of Eddy Electric Company, Hartford, 1892. Entered students’ course, 1893, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, finally being placed in charge of the designing and construction of transformers. Appointed acting chief electrical engineer British Westinghouse Electrical
& Manufacturing Company, October 1, 1904, chief electrical engineer, October 1, 1905, consulting electrical engineer, July 1906.
Chief electrical engineer, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Limited company, since 1919.
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering. Member Institute Electrical Engineers Great Britain, Manchester Association Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Clubs: Engineers (London and Manchester).
Married Josephine H. Arnold, of Boston, 1900.