Theodore D. Wilson Dead.
Former Chief Constructor of the Navy Expires Suddenly at Boston.
Boston, June 30. Theodore D. Wilson, formerly chief constructor of the navy, died suddenly here yesterday, the results of heat stroke received while superintending the docking of the monitor Passaic. Theodore Delevan Wilson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 11, 1840, and served an apprenticeship as shipswright in the navy yard there, at the beginning of the civil war, becoming a carpenter in the navy, from which grade he rose steadily to the position of chief naval constructor in 1872. In the latter office he had charge of the design and construction of most of the new navy until three years ago, when he was compelled to take a leave of absence on account of failing health. Last July, upon partial recovery, he was given active duty at Boston. Constructor Wilson was for many years senior officer of his corps, and almost as well known in naval circles abroad as in this country. He was the first American to be elected a member of English Institute of Naval Architects, and has always been prominent in scientific societies. His work on "Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical," is the text book at the naval academy and quoted as authority by the profession generally. He leaves a widow, two daughters and two sons, the elder of the latter being a surgeon in the navy.
~ Trenton Evening Times (New Jersey), Tues., 30 Jun 1896
Former Chief Constructor of the Navy Expires Suddenly at Boston.
Boston, June 30. Theodore D. Wilson, formerly chief constructor of the navy, died suddenly here yesterday, the results of heat stroke received while superintending the docking of the monitor Passaic. Theodore Delevan Wilson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 11, 1840, and served an apprenticeship as shipswright in the navy yard there, at the beginning of the civil war, becoming a carpenter in the navy, from which grade he rose steadily to the position of chief naval constructor in 1872. In the latter office he had charge of the design and construction of most of the new navy until three years ago, when he was compelled to take a leave of absence on account of failing health. Last July, upon partial recovery, he was given active duty at Boston. Constructor Wilson was for many years senior officer of his corps, and almost as well known in naval circles abroad as in this country. He was the first American to be elected a member of English Institute of Naval Architects, and has always been prominent in scientific societies. His work on "Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical," is the text book at the naval academy and quoted as authority by the profession generally. He leaves a widow, two daughters and two sons, the elder of the latter being a surgeon in the navy.
~ Trenton Evening Times (New Jersey), Tues., 30 Jun 1896
Theodore D. Wilson Dead.
Former Chief Constructor of the Navy Expires Suddenly at Boston.
Boston, June 30. Theodore D. Wilson, formerly chief constructor of the navy, died suddenly here yesterday, the results of heat stroke received while superintending the docking of the monitor Passaic. Theodore Delevan Wilson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 11, 1840, and served an apprenticeship as shipswright in the navy yard there, at the beginning of the civil war, becoming a carpenter in the navy, from which grade he rose steadily to the position of chief naval constructor in 1872. In the latter office he had charge of the design and construction of most of the new navy until three years ago, when he was compelled to take a leave of absence on account of failing health. Last July, upon partial recovery, he was given active duty at Boston. Constructor Wilson was for many years senior officer of his corps, and almost as well known in naval circles abroad as in this country. He was the first American to be elected a member of English Institute of Naval Architects, and has always been prominent in scientific societies. His work on "Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical," is the text book at the naval academy and quoted as authority by the profession generally. He leaves a widow, two daughters and two sons, the elder of the latter being a surgeon in the navy.
~ Trenton Evening Times (New Jersey), Tues., 30 Jun 1896
Former Chief Constructor of the Navy Expires Suddenly at Boston.
Boston, June 30. Theodore D. Wilson, formerly chief constructor of the navy, died suddenly here yesterday, the results of heat stroke received while superintending the docking of the monitor Passaic. Theodore Delevan Wilson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 11, 1840, and served an apprenticeship as shipswright in the navy yard there, at the beginning of the civil war, becoming a carpenter in the navy, from which grade he rose steadily to the position of chief naval constructor in 1872. In the latter office he had charge of the design and construction of most of the new navy until three years ago, when he was compelled to take a leave of absence on account of failing health. Last July, upon partial recovery, he was given active duty at Boston. Constructor Wilson was for many years senior officer of his corps, and almost as well known in naval circles abroad as in this country. He was the first American to be elected a member of English Institute of Naval Architects, and has always been prominent in scientific societies. His work on "Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical," is the text book at the naval academy and quoted as authority by the profession generally. He leaves a widow, two daughters and two sons, the elder of the latter being a surgeon in the navy.
~ Trenton Evening Times (New Jersey), Tues., 30 Jun 1896
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