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WILLIAM FRECHEVILLE, who died on July 30, was born in 1854 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of R. R. F. Frecheville, barrister-at-law. Educated largely in England, he entered the Royal School of Mines in 1871, and in 1875 graduated in mining, metallurgy and geology. From that date until 1889 he held mining appointments abroad in different countries and in various capacities. With this experience he established himself as a consulting engineer in London, where his professional reports were greatly valued by reason of their sound recommendations and his uncompromising integrity. This work again took him to every land and to every sort of mine; and in 1905 he was elected president of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.
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TRUSCOTT, S. Prof William Frecheville. Nature 146, 223 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146223a0
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