Background
Platt, John was born on June 1, 1864 in Gloucester, England. Son of James and Elizabeth (Waddington) Platt.
Platt, John was born on June 1, 1864 in Gloucester, England. Son of James and Elizabeth (Waddington) Platt.
Engineering student University College, London, 1886-1887.
Came to the United States, 1888. Introduced marine steam turbine into United States Navy and Merchant Marine.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Institution Civ. Engineers (England). Clubs: Engineers (New York).
Married Mary Bourne Bartlett, 1891. Children: Hilda (Mistress Wilfred H. Wolfs), John, Robert, Hugh.