Josiah Latimer Clark ( 1822 - 1898 )

Birth: Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England (10 March 1822) Death: 31 The Grove, Boltons, London (30 October 1898) Burial: Kensington parochial cemetery, Hanwell Profession: Civil engineer Research Field: Technology Career: Began working as a Chemist; worked in a firm of chemical manufacturers, Dublin; took up railway surveying (c 1847); Engineer under his brother Edwin Clark, Menai Straits bridge (1848); Chief Engineer, Electric and International Telegraph Company (1860-1870); partner in the firm Clark, Ford and Taylor, laying cable in different parts of the world; invented the 'double cap invert' insulator; constructed the standard voltaic battery known as the 'Clark cell' (1873) Memberships: FRAS; FRGS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/06/1889.