John Arthur Phillips ( 1822 - 1887 )

Birth: Polgooth, near St Austell, Cornwall, England (18 February 1822) Death: 18 Fopstone Road, London (04 January 1887) Profession: Civil engineer Metallurgist Research Field: Metallurgy Education: Ecole des Mines, Paris (graduated 1846) Career: Apprenticed to a surveyor, but left to study metallurgy; returned to England (1848); worked as a metallurgist, London; Professor of Metallurgy, College for Civil Engineers, Putney (1848-1850); spent a year in California (1853); built and managed a metal works, Widnes; studied the microscopic structure of minerals and rocks Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/06/1881.