Abstract
R. JAMES DUNN, who died suddenly at York on the i7th inst., was a well-known naval architect, whose professional career had been long and honourable in the service of the Admiralty until he attained (fifteen years ago) the age-limit of sixty years, which permitted him to retire on pension. Since 1897 Mr. Dunn has been connected with the great firm of Vickers and Company, serving as director and chief naval constructor, and he was actively engaged on these responsible duties until a few months ago, when he retired from active service in these offices, although his interest in the shipbuilding department continued. During this latter period of his professional career Mr. Dunn was most successful; the ships for foreign fleets designed and built under his supervision have added greatly to his reputation, and to the success of the company. It is interesting, therefore, to summarise the principal facts of his training and employment; more especially as Mr. Dunn never had the opportunity of studying at any school of naval architecture wherein the science of ship building was systematically taught, because no such school existed at that time in Great Britain.
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W., W. Mr. James Dunn . Nature 89, 532 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089532a0
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