Charles Berwick Curtis
Charles Berwick Curtis (18 March 1795 – 26 October 1876) was a manufacturer of gunpowder who was also deputy chairman of a life insurance company.
Early life and family[]
Curtis was born on 18 March 1795 at Edmonton, Middlesex, the son of Sir William Curtis, 1st Baronet and Anne Constable. He married Henrietta Pearson on 30 November 1822.[citation needed]
Curtis had several children. His son, Spencer Henry Curtis (1833–1913), was a successful merchant associated with companies that traded with the West Indies.[1]
Latterly, Curtis was resident at 105 Eaton Square, London.
Career[]
Curtis was a manufacturer of gunpowder who traded as Curtis's and Harvey.[2] The firm started at Hounslow in 1820 with backing from Sir William Curtis.[citation needed]
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 of London in that year.[3]
He was also deputy chairman of the .[4]
He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[5]
Death[]
Curtis died 26 October 1876.
References[]
- ^ "Mr. Spencer H. Curtis", The Times, 27 February 1913. British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 September 2015. (subscription required)
- ^ Charles Berwick Curtis. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, 15 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Particulars of a Method or Methods, by Self-acting Apparatus to be used on Railways, for obviating collisions between successive trains, etc". 1841.
- ^ The Times, 30 June 1858, p. 8. British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 5 September 2015. (subscription required)
- ^ 1842 Institution of Civil Engineers. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, 15 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- 1795 births
- 1876 deaths
- British industrialists
- Curtis family (London)
- 19th-century British businesspeople
- British engineer stubs