LOUIS, David Alexander - British Association Member
David Alexander Louis (1856-1915) was born in London, England, and was educated at the Royal School of Mines. He subsequently became a mining engineer, chemist and a valued contributor to "The Engineer".
A "regular attendant" of the annual British Association meetings, in 1884 (while working for Rothamsted Experimental Farm) he attended the Montreal meeting along with Rothamsted's founder - Sir J.H. Gilbert, Bell Farm visitor Entry # 129. Louis was with the one hundred Association visitors that toured the Bell Farm, most visiting on Sept. 14, 1884; but he may have been travelling with Sir Gilbert, who signed the Visitors Register on Sept. 16, 1884.
Louis worked at the Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1882 to 1887. Later he travelled all over the world on engineering business related to mining and petroleum exploration.
In some of his travels Professor Louis was accompanied by Professor H. Bauerman. Both men were on the tour that stopped at Winnipeg on September 10, 1884; hence it is assumed that they travelled together to the Bell Farm. However, neither man signed the Visitors Register.
SOURCES:
David Louis obituary – 1915 – https://www.nmrs.org.uk/resources/obituaries-of-members/obituaries-of-members-names-beginning-with-l/david-alexander-louis/
“Rothamsted Experimental Station – reminiscences of Edwin Grey”, 1922, p. 42-43 - https://archive.org/details/rothamstedexper00grey/page/42/mode/2up
D.A. Louis regularly attended the annual BA meetings - Death Notice in “The Engineer”, Vol. 119, 1922 ,p. 349 - https://books.google.ca/books?id=rtH7byWX7msC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=%22david+alexander+louis%22+%22chemist%22&source=bl&ots=lyIErLZqzr&sig=ACfU3U2vFKDu6RCzLBBhVYmT3Wne-qUobw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj16eXf6d3rAhXJmuAKHUjEBkgQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22david%20alexander%20louis%22%20%22chemist%22&f=false
Biography and photo source – “The Illuminating Engineer”, June 1915, p. 282 - https://archive.org/details/lightlighting08illu/page/282/mode/2up
Hilary Meinhardt Bauerman (1833-1909) - http://www.royalengineers.ca/Bauerman.html
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.