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James Deas
James Deas may refer to: * James Deas (politician) (1891–1963), New Zealand politician * James Deas (engineer) James Deas (1827 – 1899) was a 19th-century Scottish harbour engineer. Life He was born on 30 October 1827 in Edinburgh the son of James Deas (1794-1856) from Leslie in Fife and his wife, Elizabeth Cairns. From 1841 he was apprenticed to t ... (1827–1899), Scottish harbour engineer * Yank Deas (born James Alvin Deas; 1895–1972), American baseball player {{hndis, Deas, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Deas (engineer)
James Deas (1827 – 1899) was a 19th-century Scottish harbour engineer. Life He was born on 30 October 1827 in Edinburgh the son of James Deas (1794-1856) from Leslie in Fife and his wife, Elizabeth Cairns. From 1841 he was apprenticed to the civil engineer, John Miller, at 1 Brandfield Place. By 1851 he was living with his parents at High Cample village in Dumfriesshire. His father, also a railway engineer, had remarried by this stage. There were nine children in the family, presumably from both wives. Soon after James junior became Chief Engineer to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company. In 1869, aged only 42, he was appointed Chief Engineer to the Clyde Navigation Trust in succession to John Ure. He remained in this role for 30 years, during the golden days of Clyde shipbuilding. Under his control the area of the docks was greatly increased and the depth of the River Clyde was increased by 2m for a length of 25 km. James died of a heart attack on 29 Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Deas (politician)
James Mackie Deas (1891 – 27 January 1963) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Deas was born in Leslie, Fife, Scotland, in 1891. He served in World War I as a member of the Black Watch and later worked for the Ministry of Pensions before moving to New Zealand in 1926. He settled in Papatoetoe and became a district newspaper correspondent for ''The New Zealand Herald''. He was secretary of the Otahuhu Unemployment Committee during the Great Depression. Deas then became a publisher for several suburban newspapers in South Auckland before joining the reporting staff of ''The New Zealand Herald'' during World War II. He moved to Wellington and spent four years as a journalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Political career Following the war Deas moved back to Auckland and was elected Mayor of Otahuhu from 1950 to 1954. He was also a member of the Otahuhu High School Committee and chairman of the Otahuhu District School Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
