Obituary

ARTHUR WARREN KENDALL PEIRCE, a well-known American engineer, and a Member of the Institute, died at his residence at Driehoek, Transvaal, South Africa, on April 13, 1909. Mr. Peirce had been located in South Africa since 1897. Early this spring he developed symptoms of veridigris poisoning, which was followed by an attack of bacterial malaria. The complication affected his heart, and death resulted. He was born in West Boylston, Mass., on November 19, 1873. His preliminary education was acquired in the Plymouth, Mass. high school, and his technical education by home study and experience in the engineering departments of various electrical companies. In July, 1897, he was appointed electrician to the Knights Deep, Ltd., a gold mining company in Transvaal, South Africa. A year later he became consulting electrical engineer to the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, Ltd., a corporation controlling a number of mines in the Transvaal.