Background
Colvin, Fred Herbert was born on October 5, 1867 in Sterling, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry F. and Harriet (Roper) Colvin.
Colvin, Fred Herbert was born on October 5, 1867 in Sterling, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry F. and Harriet (Roper) Colvin.
Student Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia. Mechanical Engineering (honorary), Stevens Institute Technology, 1944.
Editor Machinery, 1894-1897, editor and business manager Locomotive Engineering, 1897-1902. Associate, managing editor, editor American Machinist, 1907-1937. Now editor emeritus.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Franklin Institute.
Married Mary Kendall Loring, March 3, 1890. Children: Charles Herbert, Henry Fred, Roger Porter (deceased).