Background
Pearson, James John was born on September 22, 1858 in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Son of Review James and Frances P., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Pearson, James John was born on September 22, 1858 in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Son of Review James and Frances P., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Preparatory education Elmfield College, Saint Peter’s, York, England. Graduate Elswick School Technology, Newcastle, 1878. Studied engineering under Lord (then Sir West. G.) Armstrong.
Medallist with honors in all physics.
Technology and traveling correspondent for Textile Manufacturing, Mechanical World, Sanitary Engineering. Chemical News, 1879-1881. Chief engineer for Palmer’s Ship & Iron Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne, 1881-1884.
Assistant manager afloat and guarantee engineer for Hawthorne, Leslie & Company, Saint Peter’s-on-Tyne, 1884-1886.
Charge of machinery construction in Austrian torpedo chasers, Leopard and Panther. The fighting equipment of the Chilean cruisers, Blanco Encalada and Almirante Cochrane.
The steam trials of the Italian cruiser, Giovanni Bausan. The machinery construction, at Yokosuka Station (Japan), of the Japanese cruisers, Naniwa and Takachiho-Kan, 1886-1888.
Consultant and contracting engineer, Yokohama, Japan.
Constructing and installing textile mills, ice plants, bridges, steam vessels, arsenal equipment, et cetera, 1888-1891. Manager Nassau Electrical Company, New York, 1892-1895. Construction engineering at New York, since 1895.
Volunteered for war service to British Government and served in England through 1916-1917. as examining and investigating engineer for Ministry of Munitions, War Office and Naval Board.
Also chief dilution officer for Bedford Area, and acting chief for London. Made inspection and report of the principal shipyards throughout all Europe for clients, 1918-1919.
Home: New New York Bridgewater, Connecticut.
And San Francisco, California.
Married Mabel Hattersley, of Harrowgate, England, July 22, 1912.