Background
Curtis was born on 18 March 1795 at Edmonton, Middlesex, the son of Sir William Curtis, 1st Baronet and Anne Constable.
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Curtis had several children. Latterly, Curtis was resident at 105 Eaton Square, London. Curtis was a manufacturer of gunpowder who traded as Curtis"s and Harvey.
The firm started at Hounslow in 1820 with backing from Sir William Curtis.
In 1841, Curtis obtained a patent, Particulars of a Method or Methods, by Self-acting Apparatus to be used on Railways, for obviating collisions between successive trains, etc which was published by Stewart & Murray of London in that year. He was also deputy chairman of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Company.
Curtis died 26 October 1876.
Membership
He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
