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THE death of MR. CHARLES E. RHODES is announced in Engineering for June 11, and will be regretted by a large circle who knew him through his activity in colliery developments. Mr. Rhodes was born in 1849, and died on June 7 last. Since December, 1873, he held the position of engineering manager for Messrs. John Brown and Co., Ltd., for whom he sank several shafts and developed a number of pits. He became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1890, and at various times was president of different institutions connected with mining. He was appointed a member of the Standing Committee on Mining in 1916, and joined the Coal Conservation Committee in the same year.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 105, 495 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105495b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/105495b0