William Sharpey Seaton
1852–1931
Civil engineer. Educated at University College, London, 1870–2. Assistant to Sir William Thomson and Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin in the construction of Brazilian submarine telegraph cables, 1873–6. Assisted Warren de la Rue in electrical research, 1877–8, after which he was employed by a number of telegraph construction companies.
Sources
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 4 November 2019)
UK, civil engineer records, 1820–1930 (Ancestry.com, accessed 4 November 2019)
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