Edward Thompson (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Thompson (engineer)

British railway engineer

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1881

Place of Birth: Marlborough, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1954

Profession: engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Edward Thompson (25 June 1881 – 15 July 1954) was an English railway engineer, and was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946.
Edward Thompson was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire on 25 June 1881.
He was the son of an assistant master at Marlborough College.
He was educated at Marlborough before taking the Mechanical Science Tripos at Pembroke College, Cambridge, earning a third class degree.
Thompson's academic background contrasts with that of his predecessor Nigel Gresley, who had also attended Marlborough, but then gained practical experience as a pupil at Horwich Works.