Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries
... ROBERT NAPIER Dicd' Junt 23, aged 8g HARRIET MARTINEAU Died June 27, aged 74 OUR OBITUARY RECORD ROBERT NAPIER, the eminent engineer, was born at Dum- barton in 1791. He was the son of a blacksmith, who, conscious of the value of education, not only sent him to the grammar school of the town, but also had him instructed in mathematics and architectural drawing. At the age of sixteen he was ...