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SIR JOHN GAVEY, who died on January 1, at the age of eighty, was one of the most notable telegraphic and telephonic engineers in this country. He was born at St. Helier in Jersey and began his career in the Post Office in 1870. In 1902 he became Engineer-in-Chief and Electrician to the General Post Office. He was made a Companion of the Bath in 1902, and on his retirement in 1907 a knighthood was conferred upon him.
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Sir John Gavey. Nature 111, 124–125 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111124b0
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