F. A. Fitzbayne
Frederick Andrew Fitzpayne AMIEE (1878-1935) was a British electrical and transport engineer responsible for building Scotland's first electric tram system and running the Edinburgh Corporation Tramway system. Life He was born in southern England on 23 September 1878. He was educated at All Saints School in Bloxham in Devonshire. He then studied electrical engineering at Faraday House in London receiving his diploma in 1897. He served an apprenticeship at Browett Lindley & Co in Manchester before moving to Southend-on-Sea to be involved in his first tramway project for the South London Electric Supply Corporation. In 1900 he moved to Great Yarmouth working on the installation of electricity under a private company. In 1902 he entered municipal life, when the town council took over the role of installing electric street lights and a tramway. He was Chief Assistant overseeing these projects in both Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. In 1906 he transferred to Leith Corporation in Scotla ...
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''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ...
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