John Taylor Marriner died in Worcestershire on August 27th, 1944, at the age of 69.
He began his career as a pupil at the Blackwall iron works of Messrs. John Stewart & Co., and then studied engineering at University College, London, for a period holding the position of demonstrator and assistant in the engineering department of the College.
In 1896 he was employed for nine months in the laboratory of the Cassel Gold Extracting Co., Glasgow, leaving in 1897 for Western Australia to take up the position of metallurgist at the Eureka gold mine, Blackett’s Mines, Ltd., Coolgardie. Later he was appointed metallurgist to Great Boulder Main Reef, Ltd., Kalgoorlie, and he was promoted to the position of manager in 1900.
From 1903 to 1904 he took over the temporary management of British Corean Concessions, and in May, 1907, became general manager of The Duff Development Co. at Kelantan, Malaya. He left this position in 1911 on his appointment as general manager of Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd., where he remained for many years. He retired in 1933, and resided in the Channel Islands until 1940.
Mr. Marriner was elected a Student of the Institution in 1896 and was transferred to Membership in 1907.
Vol. 55, Trans IMM 1945-46, p.573
