Alfred George Nash

Alfred George Nash FRSE (1853–1930) was a Jamaican civil engineer of Scots descent who held several legislative roles there.

Life

He was born in Mandeville, Jamaica in 1853. He was educated at St George's College in Kingston. He was then sent to Scotland to study Engineering at Edinburgh University graduating BSc around 1873.[1] He was working in Britain as a civil engineer in the 1870s returning to Jamaica in 1882. He was a Member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica.

In 1897 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Alexander Crum Brown, Cargill Gilston Knott, Peter Guthrie Tait and Andrew Jamieson.[2]

He died on 23 December 1930. He is buried in St Mark's Anglican Churchyard in Mandeville, Jamaica.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ "Alfred George Nash (1853-1930)". Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2018-03-18.


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