Obituary

EDGAR KNOWLTON (A´ll) electrical engineer, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y., died January 19, 1937. Mr. Knowlton was born July 7, 1871, at Portland, Me., and received his formal engineering education through correspondence schools and independent study. He entered the employ of the General Electric Company in 1893 as a draftsman on a-c motor and generator design, and was continuously associated with that company for almost 44 years. In 1899 Mr. Knowlton was transferred to the a-c engineering department on preliminary mechanical and electrical design of a-c machinery, and in 1903 was transferred to the design of turboalternators. Later he was placed in charge of turbogenerator design, and for many years was engaged in a-c engineering problems.