Background
Metcalfe, George Richmond was born on February 4, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of George and Elizabeth Talbot (Root) Metcalfe.
Metcalfe, George Richmond was born on February 4, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of George and Elizabeth Talbot (Root) Metcalfe.
Student Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1879-1881. Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, 1886.
Electrical engineer with Edison United Manufacturing Company, Daft Electric Company, Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company and Edison General Electric Company until 1892. Editor Electricity, New York, 1893-1897. Technical editor Electric Railway Review, Chicago, 1899-1904.
And electrical engineer Woods Motor Vehicle Company, 1903-1904.
Editor Technical World, 1904-1905, also editor textbooks for American School of Correspondence, Chicago. Editor publication department Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, 1905-1910.
Editor American Institute Electrical Engineers, New York, 1910-1933 (retired).
Edited technical articles in International Cyclo., 1904-1905, Procs.
Institute Radio Engineers, 1926-1927.
Married Grace Darling Brown, November 8, 1899. Children: Richmond (deceased), Winthrop, Donald, George, Grace Elizabeth.